Chapter 891 “Return Gift”

Although the fourth prince made a special mention of Cao Yong to Nian Gengyao, Nian Gengyao did not take it seriously.

Apart from the emperor and the fourth prince, others have no weight in his heart. Besides, he is a powerful governor from the Jinshi, so he naturally looks down on Cao Yongenmeng's right assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue.

The reason why he gave Cao Yong a warning was not only to vent his anger, but also that he had already received news that the Shaanxi Governor E Hai would be transferred in the near future, and he was about to serve as the Shaanxi Governor General.

If he served as the governor of Shaanxi, he would have to be resigned from his post as governor of Sichuan.

Even after receiving this news, how could he go to the Ministry of Revenue to go to the Ministry of Revenue like other governors?

He was unhappy to anger Cao Yong. If Cao Yong deducted funds from Sichuan, it would not be his unlucky Gengyao who would make the newly appointed governor worry. Not only that, it would also make the emperor and the fourth prince know that Cao Yong was a narrow-minded and useless person.

I haven't returned to Beijing for several years. This time, after I came back, I had to take a month off. Nian Gengyao visited relatives and friends all day long, and was very busy. The affairs of the Ministry of Revenue were waiting specifically to see Cao Yong's jokes.

Many people who know about this matter are concerned about Cao Yong's response as Nian Gengyao expected.

Although Cao Yong served as the Jingtang in his early years, the Taipu Temple was a cold yamen and did not have any well-known political achievements. On the Internal Affairs Office, the Sixteenth Prince was in charge of his friendship with him. Everything was led by the Sixteenth Prince. Cao Yong was mostly behind the scenes.

Except in Taipu Temple and the Interior Affairs Office, Cao Yong served as a lieutenant in Beijing at other times.

Unfortunately, they were destined to be disappointed. Cao Yong did not withhold Sichuan's funds as they expected. He still brought the officials to the two officials who were sent to Gengyao in silence.

The check of accounts and the accounting of funds, just like other governors when they entered Beijing, did not reveal any abnormalities.

Many people were amazed that they could not hold on to Cao Yong's big belly, or they were cowardly and afraid of things, and did not dare to offend the limelight Nian Gengyao.

Cao Yong did not move, but a few people couldn't stand it anymore.

The first thing that could not help was the Sixteenth Prince. When he mentioned Nian Gengyao, he cursed his mother.

"Damn it, it's too rampant, it's unreasonable! Furuo, people fight for a breath, Buddha fights for a stick of incense, let's think of a way to teach him some lessons, otherwise he would really think you are easy to bully." The Sixteenth Prince heard a lot of rumors, especially those who said Cao Yong was a "playboy land" who stole the high position, and he was indignant.

Cao Yong was quite moved when he saw that the Sixteenth Prince made a special trip to see him: "It made the Sixteenth Master worry. But I was just restricted and I couldn't delay my business due to personal grudges. In that case, it would be unreasonable."

When the sixteenth prince heard this, he frowned and said, "He was on a month off. After the emperor left Beijing for summer vacation, he would return to Sichuan. He was not a good person. When he was just leaving office in his early years, he was still a man with his tail between his tail and sent people back to Beijing every year and rushing around. Now, he has begun to be arrogant. What's the point?"

"What can you do? Being rich and energetic, and being generous. Besides, he has only been in trouble, and he has achieved success and success and success, and being proud is normal." Cao Yong took a sip of tea and said with a smile.

Seeing that Cao Yong mentioned Nian Gengyao instead of being angry, the sixteenth prince raised his eyebrows and said, "It seems that I'm in vain. Have Furuo thought about a way to 'thank you' to Nian Gengyao?"

Cao Yong shook his head and said, "The emperor's grace, I will jump to the high position before I stand, and how many people are waiting to grab my braid. At this time, I will be angry with him and cannot hurt his muscles and bones. Instead, I will complain. Why bother?"

When the sixteenth prince heard this, he was a little worried and said, "Although it is not too late for a gentleman to take revenge for ten years, it is really depressing to have a knife on the word "官网".

There is a saying that Cao Yong didn't say.

That is, "If the will of heaven makes people die, they will make people crazy first." What Cao Yong can do is just to push the boat.

But these are not easy to talk about in front of the Sixteenth Prince...

*

In a blink of an eye, it was the second day of April.

Today is the day of the palace examination. Civil and military officials in the capital are above the fifth rank and above, and today they will attend the court to watch the ceremony. Cao Yong, the second-rank minister, naturally wore a replenishment according to his grade, went to Jinshui Bridge, and waited to enter the palace.

In recent times, Cao Yong went to and from the Ministry of Revenue, and did not ride a horse, but sat in a sedan chair.

It is not because he is willing to show off his character, but because the etiquette of meeting officials in the officialdom is complicated. Cao Yong wore second-grade replenishment clothes. Whenever he met an official with a lower rank than his, he would avoid giving in to the courtesy. When he met with a higher rank, he would give in and hold the courtesy. It would be very troublesome to meet him.

If there are any mistakes, the censor will take advantage of the topic and make people feel untidy.

It would be better to go to the yamen like the other officials who sat in a sedan chair and had a curtain on the sedan chair, and everything was another saying.

However, during the court meeting, Cao Yong still rode a horse.

When I passed by the East Mansion, I found that lanterns had been hung here. Cao Yong asked someone to ask, and knew that Cao Feng had gone out at the beginning.

The tribute students who take the exam must first gather at the designated place of the Ministry of Rites, and then the officials of the Ministry of Rites will be led to the venue.

Cao Yong rode on the horse, thinking about this palace examination, let alone his cousin, Qian Chenqun was finally able to get his wish. But he didn't know if he was first or second.

During the early years of Kangxi's southern tour, Qian Chenquncai offered his troops on behalf of Jiangnan scholars. If it weren't for the delay of his mother's illness, he would have been summoned to Beijing for the test.

Although he was many years late, he finally got his wish.

Xiao Wu's side, if you want to talk about written fonts, it is considered beautiful; the eight-legged articles, the good and bad comments are all based on the preferences of the reviewers.

In name, the emperor was the emperor personally presided over the palace examination, but it was not the emperor who was marking the papers, but the imperial court designated the papers. In the end, only the top ten papers selected by the papers can be handed over to the imperial court, and the emperor personally identified the first three and the second top seven.

Qian Chenqun has been famous for many years, and his eight-legged essays are naturally more proficient than Cao Fu.

If Cao Fu is not surprised, he is mostly in the top three, but he doesn’t know that his grades are ahead of the front and back. If he is ahead, he can take the exam for Shujishi of the Hanlin Academy. If he is behind, he can only wait for Hou Que to be released as a magistrate.

Cao Song has not returned to the army and Cao Xiang is already on duty. Cao Yong hopes that his cousin can stay in the capital.

After a while, Cao Yong arrived outside the Jinshui Bridge and saw that there were bright lights on it. There were already many officials standing there, standing in groups of three or three.

Cao Yong glanced a few times and saw the doctor of the Ministry of Revenue, paced over and stood still with greetings.

After waiting for half an hour, the weather was getting brighter.

The sound of rituals and music came from afar. When the east fish pale, the princes and princes, and civil and military ministers had already entered the Taihe Sect according to their ranks.

Several rows of cases have been placed in the square of the Palace of Supreme Harmony.

When the princes and officials stood at the steps of the Hall of Supreme Harmony, officials from the Ministry of Rites led the examination-taking tribute students to the stage.

At this time, it was already dawn.

Although these tribute students were all wearing green silk robes, Cao Yong could still see his little cousin at a glance. Among a group of middle-aged people, the handsome young Cao Fu was quite eye-catching.

Cao Yong still remembers clearly that when he first arrived in this world, Cao Fu was still in Zhaojia's belly and did not fall to the ground. It seemed like a 20-year-old man was already a thirty-year-old man. Cao Yong had the pride of "My family has a son growing up."

This palace examination starts from the beginning of Chen (7:00 am) to the end of You (5:00 pm), with a total of five hours.

Kangxi only exposed his face before the exam began. When the exam began, he moved back to the Ganqing Palace.

Princes, Ministers, Civil and Military officials, etc., the Grand Secretary and Six Ministry officials who were on duty today went to the Ganqing Palace to attend the small court meeting, and the others withdrew from the Hall of Supreme Harmony and returned to their yamen.

In the Ministry of Revenue, Jiang Jian held a note with words on it. He looked at the note a few times, and his expression was still a little changed.

When Cao Yong came over, he handed the note on it.

Because he was in the yamen, he had tolerate the curiosity in his heart and did not ask questions.

It was not until the end of the afternoon that he fell into the yamen and entered the gate of the Cao Mansion that he asked his question: "I asked someone to check Nian Gengyao's whereabouts. Why did he come? Please forgive the students for being too talkative. Even if the adults are angry, Nian Gengyao will not be able to act rashly. If the adults want to vent their anger, they should plan well."

"Take anger? He can insult me ​​and pretend to be unintentional. It may not be wrong in the eyes of outsiders; if I fight back, no matter what the cause is, the mistake will lie with me." Cao Yong said.

When Jiang Jian heard this, he finally breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Yes, yes. Now that Gengyao Shengjun is in the high school, it is really hard for him to face him. Although it is frustrating, he is in the Ministry of Revenue, but he wants to stay away from the capital. If he wants to vent his anger, he will not be able to take a step back and the sky will be wide open."

*

Although the palace examination results were announced three days later, the ten tribute students in the next day would be led by officials from the Ministry of Rites to enter the palace and answered in front of the imperial examination.

As a result, Cao Feng felt at ease. He was not among the summoned by the Ministry of Rites and was designated as the third.

Seeing that Cao Yong was still worried about his ranking, he was open-minded: "Brother, my younger brother is on the list, even at the end, he is much luckier than those who failed the exam. Just send it out. How many officials are not borne by the magistrate, and I don't have to be much more expensive for others."

Cao Yong couldn't do the right thing in the rankings, it was just a waste of worrying about it.

Seeing that Cao Fu was not opposed to leaving the capital, Cao Yong felt relieved. He was still there in the capital. Even if there were no brothers Cao Song in the East Palace, life would be as usual.

On the fifth day of the fourth month, Cao Fu and Qian Chenqun both won the third-level Jinshi.

Perhaps Kangxi still remembers Qian Chenqun, a talented man who became famous in Jiangnan when he saw his name, asked him to come out and answer.

Qian Chenqun is ninth in the third grade and should be selected as a Shuji scholar and study in the Hanlin Academy together with the seven Jinshis of the second grade.

Kangxi was obviously not very satisfied with this ranking, so he especially thanked Shujishi, who changed to Qian Chenqun, and was awarded the editor of Hanlin Academy. This was the treatment of Tanhua.

For a while, among the new Jinshi, Qian Chenqun was the most popular figure, becoming a top pick and a top pick.

In contrast, Cao Fu, the 125th place in the three leagues, is not very famous among the new Jinshi.

Cao Yong warned himself not to be too greedy. His family has already produced a Tanhua and now he has a Jinshi again, which is very good.

The weather is getting hotter, and the sedan chair has been replaced with a cold sedan chair and the official uniform has also been replaced with a thin one.

Cao Yong rode the official sedan chair to the yamen every day, or went out for social activities. In the past ten days, he met Nian Gengyao several times.

Nian Gengyao has been known for his toughness in recent years, so he naturally refused to ride a sedan chair. He always had a tall horse when traveling, and the generals followed him, which was extremely eye-catching.

Although he and Cao Yong were at the same level, Cao Yong had the title of the court-ranking Earl and the Princess He, and his status was higher than Nian Gengyao.

The two met. According to the rules of avoidance in the officialdom in the capital, Nian Gengyao gave way and Hou Cao Yong went first.

However, every time he met Nian Gengyao and his entourage, Cao Yong would send people to avoid the road and let Nian Gengyao go first.

Seeing this, Nian Gengyao was first surprised, and then rode away with a little disapproval.

Cao Yong sat in the sedan chair and whispered to himself: "If you take a step back, the sky will be wide open. If you take a step back, what if you take a step back ten times..."
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