Chapter 1349: Stand upright

After coming out of the upper room of Lanyuan, Cao Yong saw his wife standing under the corridor.

He turned around, forgot to lower the bamboo curtain, and then nodded to his wife, without saying a word, stepped out of the Lanyuan.

Chu Yu followed her husband silently and waited out of the Lanyuan Courtyard. Fang whispered: "Master... Is the old lady angry? Tianhui's marriage has been brought up too early. It's better to wait until the old lady returns to Beijing to discuss it..."

Although she was standing in the corridor, the maid and the mother-in-law were watching, and she couldn't get to the window to listen to the corner of her mother-in-law and her husband.

Therefore, she didn't hear it clearly, but she could also vaguely hear the words "fool", "daughter-in-law", and "mother-in-law".

Before, the couple met Shuhede, but they did not forget to leave Beijing.

It is because Li rarely cares about housework in recent years, and he did not say anything about Tianhui's marriage except for intentionally saying Tianhui to Fuxiu in his early years.

But although the old man doesn’t interfere with his granddaughter’s marriage, he is also worried about it?

So a few days ago, when I heard myself mentioning Tianhui’s marriage, my mother-in-law’s reaction was so cold...

After hearing his wife's words, Cao Yong slowed down and said, "I want to do this, but I don't want to do it. In short, it's my fault."

Although Chu Yu was confused, he was not the world where he spoke on the way, so the couple returned to Wutong Garden silently.

Although Cao Yong felt heavy, he saw the uneasiness on his wife's face, so he sent the maid down and said, "It's mine, it's not. I just thought that his daughter was delicate and could suffer less... No matter how good the Grand Scholar's Office is, Shuhede's talent is, but I really favored him because he doesn't have a parent... Even if we can't bear to give up our daughter, there is no reason to call her son-in-law in the house... The son-in-law has always been dissatisfied with the world. Who would be willing to be a son-in-law for a truly energetic man? I thought, Shuhede's grandfather was old and his uncle was not talented. If he was a relative, he would still rely on his wife's family in the future, and he would not neglect Tianhui... But he was short-sighted, and only thought about his daughter's satisfaction and forgot about his son's side... Although I was a little selfish and cold, I didn't want the children to follow me..."

Chu Yu was still confused after hearing this.

What's wrong with Shuhede's son-in-law? What's the matter with the sons? Why is the old lady teaching her son a lesson in private?

Cao Yong reflected on his mistakes and was too lazy to say too much. After saying this, he kept silent.

Chu Yu held back his doubts and served her husband to change his clothes.

After dinner, Cao Yong's spirit recovered a little and explained a few more words to his wife.

Of course, adding and decreasing, and using sensitive words such as mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, only said that in this marriage, I was not upright and was discovered by my wife. I was worried that the children would follow suit and teach them.

Chu Yu had some objections to her mother-in-law’s statement, but he knew that her husband was very filial to his mother, so he said, “After all, the old lady thought about it carefully…”

Cao Yong nodded and said, "Apart from this, I'm afraid the old lady is a little bit arrogant. I just thought not to worry about the old lady, but I forgot that when people get old, they are lonely and prone to thinking more. We have decided on the candidates before she comes back, and the old lady is a little unhappy. Tomorrow, you will take Tianhuiduo around Lanyuan. If the old lady shook her face, don't take it to heart... Seeing that the old lady is getting older, take more responsibility..."

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The next day, before Cao Yong went to the yamen office, he told his wife to go to Zhangjia's house and the Khan's mansion, so that the children could come back for dinner in the evening.

Chu Yu knew that this must be related to what happened last night. As early as the day the old lady returned to Beijing, the children passed by the mansion to pay their respects.

Chu Yu finished answering, remembering Zuo Cheng's wife Zhu during pregnancy, and said, "Zhu's childbirth period is approaching. When the old lady came back a few days ago, she also came to ask for help..."

Cao Yong nodded and said, "Let her take care of her baby at home, don't have to come..."

When he arrived at the Ministry of Revenue, Cao Yong paid attention to checking the tax reduction files in several provinces in Jiangnan over the years.

Last night, Li warned him to "be upright", which made him very alert, not only in family affairs, but also in official affairs.

Although he is not greedy and is usually diligent, he does not have the ordinary literati-official intention of serving the country like Jiang Jian. In the officialdom, he is cautious and more a spectator.

I don’t think that I just think about “accompanying you is like accompanying a tiger”. It’s better to have less than more things; but if I think about it carefully, I really can’t get it right.

His little thoughts cannot stand the scrutiny.

But only by "establishing one's integrity" can all evil deeds away.

Although he did not have a hydrological record in Jiangnan, compared with the prefectures and counties in Jiangnan that have been exempted from taxes due to floods in the past 30 years, they can also know that it is prone to heavy flooding.

Liangjiang is better, but the tax is not about food, but the situation in Huguang is not good.

It not only affects taxes, but also can't control the water conditions and flood the fertile land, it will directly affect the grain.

The rice in Zhili, the capital city depends entirely on the supervision of transportation of grain.

Although Zhili also promoted rice fields, it was not enough for the supply of Gyeonggi.

What I stocked in the Beijing warehouse is not a year of rice. Just a year of flooding will not make the Beijing officials and the people go hungry. The trouble caused is just a rise in private grain prices, which is also a relatively easy thing to suppress.

The only thing to note is whether the local official warehouse has food.

If the flood is severe, grain production along the river may be reduced or the harvest will be eliminated, and warehouses must be opened for relief.

But Cao Yong knew about the local granary, and there were few who were truly innocent.

Li Wei built a dam to prevent floods, and he also had to prepare for the future.

After thinking it through, Cao Yong called Jiang Jian, and the two of them thought about it and drafted a memorable comment. The words were tactful and did not say whether the local official warehouse had a logarithm of grain accounting, but only said that the Ministry of Revenue would count the local grain storage. Since Liangjiang and Huguang are a province with large output, we first counted them from these places.

Officials from the Ministry of Revenue went out of Beijing to inspect local granaries. Although there were previous cases, they could mostly enter the warehouse after the grain was in autumn and winter.

Even though Yong Zheng mentioned the inspection of the local official warehouse at the court meeting a few days ago, it only made the officials of the Ministry of Revenue care, and did not urge Cao Yong to arrange personnel as soon as possible.

But when it really comes to that point, it will be too late even if the tour is inappropriate.

He helped Cao Yong polish the memorial. Seeing Cao Yong copying the memorial with a serious expression, Jiang Jian felt a little surprised.

Perhaps others will only think that Cao Yong's move was to cater to the holy wishes. After all, the emperor had asked about the local official warehouse a few days ago; Jiang Jian knew that he didn't know this.

The tax exemption files that Cao Yong had checked before were sorted out by Jiang Jian.

The key places identified by Cao Yong were prefectures that encountered heavy floods several times in the first thirty years.

This inspection is not afraid of the official warehouse, but if you really need to clean up carefully, there will be more people who offend them.

My adult behavior has always been able to avoid trouble, so why did you make a move this time?

Although Jiang Jian followed Cao Yong and had the intention to serve the country, he was not a pedantic person. He knew that only when his boss was stable in the officialdom could the two masters do their best for the country and the people.

The Cao family has a low foundation. Although it has been popular for more than ten years, it has also attracted many Eight Banners surnames to be jealous.

As for the bannermen to fill in the gaps, whether in the local area or in the capital, they all follow the flag.

One of the Cao Yong brothers was promoted, and the other eight banners of Zhengbai Banners would be less than the lack of a lack. The Cao family’s daughter pointed to the marriage of the royal family, and she didn’t know how many people could get in the way.

Over the years, it is not that no one has impeached Cao Yong.

Otherwise, when he was in Zhili, he would not have been implicated and removed from office due to the Mid-Autumn Festival. Behind him, there were several pushers.

Cao Yong knew in his heart, but he just did not know and had no intention of taking revenge.

When he adheres to the principle, he does not fight with others or makes enemies with others, even if it is only on the surface.

As an official in the court, what can you hide from the above? If you fight for more things, you will be used to being cautious. How could Cao Yong jump out like a clown, jump up and down, and let people watch the show?

Today's note will certainly make the emperor happy, but there will be endless troubles.

Although this move is indeed to prevent problems before it happens and is a good thing for the people along the river, it is still too reckless. Jiang Jian couldn't help but speak: "Sir, although the local official warehouse is in the local area, the Ministry of Revenue has always had a supervisory position. If it is really not found out, the Ministry of Revenue will not be able to get out of touch... Even if the adults were not in charge of the church in the early years, it would be fine if they knew the inside story, they knew that the adults were worried about the country and the people; if they didn't know the inside story, they would probably think that the adults deliberately made Lord Zhang ugly, and there would be no rift between the two churches..."

At the end, he lowered his voice unconsciously.

This was a two-sided unpleasant thing, not only offending Zhang Tingyu, the former head of the Ministry of Revenue, but also other powerful people.

In addition, the emperor made a few days ago that the local granary was good and the local chief officials were responsible for the good or bad. Those local officials were mostly closely related to the powerful people in the capital.

Cao Yong's arrangement is not selfless.

Jiang Jian was his confidant aide, so he would not hide it: "I thought about it before, everything is good, but everything is not good... In the six ministries, even if I am as idle as the Ministry of Rites, the two ministers are openly lenient and generous, and secretly do not give up in an inch of land; the Ministry of Revenue is more powerful and has greater responsibilities, how can we avoid the common people? Lord Zhang holds the household and the officials and officials have great power, so he does not have to fight with me; even if I don't mean it, there are inevitably differences in government affairs with Lord Zhang. The emperor is a pragmatic king. As long as I am upright, what if I offend others? Sometimes, offending others is not a sin, but if I have a good reputation, is it..." At the end of his speech, he smiled bitterly.

Jiang Jian knew that he said it was Li Wei's business, so hesitated and said, "Sir, should you find two more stable masters on the second master? Go and help..."

Cao Yong shook his head and said, "No, the emperor likes people with true temperament. The waiter is also in his thirties. Isn't it my voice-over... The 'Brothers work together, and they can cut off gold' is not suitable for displaying it in the officialdom..."

He didn't say it in depth, but Jiang Jian understood after thinking about it.

The youngest cousins ​​of the Cao family have already arrived at the prefect. If they are united, even if they are not unshakable, they will have great power.

If the eldest and second rooms are separated, it will not be a problem.

Although the eldest son's house is prominent, the population is small; there are many brothers who become officials in the second house, but they lack confidence...

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