Chapter 882: Wine sacrifice

Kangxi's grace not only did not delay Zhao Shenqiao's vitality, but instead made him let go of his worries.

After two days of enduring, he had already shown that he had exhausted his energy and had a dry light.

When he returned to the scene, he looked at his descendants who had kneeled all over the ground and burst into tears. After a while, he said: "It is my fault to abandon the descendants. After I go, you will return to your hometown to mourn, abide by the doctrine of the mean, and study and pass on the family... All my descendants will not be allowed to go to office within three generations..."

Who doesn't want to seek an imperial examination for the imperial examination? After hearing this, Zhao Shenqiao's children and grandchildren looked at each other, not knowing how to accept it.

Seeing that everyone was not talking, Zhao Shenqiao couldn't help but be furious and shouted, "I will only realize that I am afraid if I am against my son and grandson, if I have a sword and axe, I will have a sense of fear?"

Everyone dared not take the name of "disobedience", so they hurriedly kowtowed.

The figure of his son Fengzhao appeared in front of Zhao Shenqiao. Fengzhao's disaster was not greed, but in the official family, and the eldest son of the governor was fearless.

Thinking of this, he looked at his second son Zhao Xiongzhao again.

This son was the top scholar in the 48th year of Kangxi. He had a talent for governing the world, but was burdened by his father and brother and had a free position in the Hanlin Academy.

"Don't blame my son. It's a blessing to lose his horse..." Zhao Shenqiao said in a deep voice.

Zhao Xiongzhao walked a few steps to the bed, and he choked and said, "I will respect my father's orders, stay away from the court, be at peace with the farmer. I hope my father will be sympathetic to my son's filial piety. I have long been healthy and live a long life..."

He was in his fifties. Because he was implicated in the case of his brother's greed, he tried hard to sell his property to recover the court. These days, he was sick by the bed and couldn't sleep or eat. Now he was skinny and bony, making people unable to bear to see him.

Zhao Shenqiao felt ache in his heart. He couldn't speak. He didn't breathe, and his body had already crooked...

Inside and outside the Shangshu Mansion, amid the crying sounds, they turned into a simple white...

Because Zhao Shenqiao disappeared at dusk, Cao Yong was on the other end of the Zhuangzi, and when he received the news, it was already the next afternoon.

For social engagements in the officialdom, Cao Yong didn't have to show up in person, just send a housekeeper; Zhao Shenqiao was the top of his predecessor before Ding You, and his father's old friend during his lifetime. He had to show up in terms of emotion and reason.

The current situation of the Zhao family is not a secret in the officialdom. Since Zhao Fengzhao was convicted, the Taiyuan government office and the Zhao family's old house in Changzhou have been circulated.

Even so, the 300,000 taels of silver that Zhao Fengzhao "remembered" was not replenished, and he has been recovering in the past two years.

Although Kangxi is now merciless and no longer needs to be recovered, the Zhao family, the family, will be ready to take the funeral and return to their hometown, which is also a problem for their livelihood.

After many years of office, Cao Yong has met all kinds of people in the officialdom. Whether it is the local governor or the six ministers, the most complicated viewing is Zhao Shenqiao.

Until the Zhao family's old house was confiscated and Zhao Shenqiao was in his seventies, he still endured the rebuke of Kangxi. When he worked diligently, Cao Yong had only admired him.

Three years of Qing Dynasty prefect, there were 100,000 silver silver.

Zhao Shenqiao served as governor in Zhejiang for ten years and served as a minister in the Ministry of Revenue for seven or eight years. These two places are rich in the world and the other is the most powerful yamen among the six departments.

Zhao Shenqiao doesn’t have to reach out, and there are many people who add icing on the cake. It is not rare to have a selfish heart and a family base of 300,000 or 500,000 yuan.

Then, even though he was a magistrate of governor and governor for more than ten years, his son was notorious for "greed and ink", the Zhao family did not collect tens of thousands of taels of silver.

Even Cao Yong was not short of money, and after he became an official, he just followed the crowd and was unwilling to block others' paths, which made him feel in vain.

Zhao Shenqiao, true character.

In addition to sending people to prepare relevant rituals, Cao Yong also prepared 100 taels of gold. On the day of "receiving the three", he left Zhuangzi early and went to the Shangshu Mansion to pay homage.

In the officialdom, the most common thing is the four words "people leave and tea is cold".

However, because Zhao Shenqiao also has a son from Hanlin who was the top scholar, everyone still has some room for 30% of them. Even if they do not come to pay the sacrifice, many people will send the rituals to the funeral.

There were many cars and horses parked in front of the Shangshu Mansion, which was not deserted.

However, as Zhao Shenqiao's identity, the visitors' grades are lower, mostly colleagues from Zhao Xiongzhao Hanlin Academy and officials from the Ministry of Revenue.

When Cao Yong, the gentle prince, came, he became the highest-ranking person in the middle of the dying guest.

Many officials from the Ministry of Revenue, who know Cao Yong, must come to visit him. Cao Yong bowed his hand and returned the gift and followed Zhao Xiongzhao to pay his respects to the spirit first.

Zhao Xiongzhao was also nervous. This gentle prince had just had a facial friendship with his family. Today, he came to worship him for sacrifice, even giving face to the Zhao family, but he didn't know why.

It’s not that he speculated on people’s hearts, but that he was scared by his brother’s experience.

How could someone who can come forward to sue his brother, and even give "iron evidence"?

In the officialdom, sometimes "old friends" are more terrifying than "old enemies".

Cao Yong didn't say much. After worshiping in front of the spirit, he sat for half a cup of tea and stood up and wanted to leave.

During this period, he saw Gu Na who came to worship the sacrifice.

Gu Na was the same year as Zhao Xiongzhao, and the two were friends. When they saw Cao Yong, he just bowed and said nothing.

Cao Yong didn't say much, after all, in the eyes of outsiders, Gu Na ignored the kindness of the Cao family's raising, impeached Cao's son-in-law Sun Jue, and "complained evil" with the Cao family.

A familiar face and Li Wei, who works as a doctor in the Ministry of Revenue, has always been enthusiastic. When he saw that the Zhao family was incompetent, his children did not have enough staff, he followed suit.

Seeing this, Cao Yong's eyes added softness.

Even if the officialdom is a dye vat, not all those who come out are unscrupulous. Li Wei's success is definitely not due to luck.

Although Li Wei cannot write big characters well in terms of knowledge, he is not as good as those of Confucius and Mencius disciples, but in terms of character, he is too much better than those of those.

Before Cao Yong left, the official sacrifice arrived.

This is a sacrifice sent by the emperor, and everyone followed the Zhao family's children to welcome him.

Those who came to pay tribute to the tea and wine were the Minister of Interior Fuguo Zhenheng, the Left Minister of Justice Zhang Tingyu, and ten guards.

Zhao Shenqiao's posthumous title was also given, and he was posthumously named "Gongyi", which can only be considered as the upper-middle-level one. The posthumous title of civil officials has always been beautiful with the word "Wen".

"Understanding the integrity and unchanging" is respect, "If you have mistakes, you can correct them" is also respect, Zhao Shenqiao's mistakes of "no way to teach children" are unavoidable; good deeds are called righteousness, gentleness, kindness and honesty are called righteousness, ability to judge the country is called righteousness, wisdom and persistence are called righteousness, and the word "yi" is also regarded as a portrayal of Zhao Shenqiao's life.

After the official sacrifice was completed and Zhenheng and others left, Cao Yong did not stay for much, and bid farewell to Zhao Xiongzhao and said goodbye.

Zhao Xiongzhao personally sent him out, and the old housekeeper of Zhao's house rushed over quickly, invited Zhao Xiongzhao to the side, attached it to Zhao Xiongzhao's ear, and whispered a few words.

Zhao Xiongzhao was stunned when he heard this. Seeing Cao Yong's expression changed, he stepped forward and walked two steps: "Please stay with Mr. Cao!"

Cao Yong turned around and looked at Zhao Xiongzhao quietly.

Looking at this calm gaze, Zhao Xiongzhao suddenly felt a little uncomfortable. He was a gentle person and never wanted to maliciously speculate on other people's thoughts.

It was okay for others in front of him, but facing the young uncle who was silent in front of him, Zhao Xiongzhao couldn't help but feel ashamed of his speculation.

As a son of the Cao family, a second-class earl, and a grand prince in the county prince's mansion, he is much more important than the Zhao family, and there is no need to calculate the Zhao family.

"My uncle is kind, I am grateful. It's just that the etiquette is valuable and I can't bear it. I hope my uncle is compassionate." Zhao Xiongzhao blushed and said with a little earnestness.

The rules in the capital are not good for giving more rules on the laying ceremony.

There are rules when the powerful and powerful exchanges, and comparing with each other in the ceremony is a despicable shallow behavior. Cao Yong is not a young boy who does not know the world, so how can he not know this?

He was stunned for a moment, looked at the old housekeeper next to him, and said to Zhao Xiongzhao: "Mr. Zhao misunderstood. That hundred taels of gold is not a lay ritual, but Cheng Yi whom Cao gave it to him in advance. Cao was in Tangquan and rarely returned to the city. This time he presented Cheng Yi with him. Because he was afraid that Master Zhao would misunderstand, he made a special trip to ask his family to tell him."

When Zhao Xiongzhao heard this, he glanced at the old butler. Seeing the old butler nodded, he knew that what Cao Yong said was true.

He bowed quickly and said, "I'm rude!"

Cao Yong looked at him hunched over and said, "It's okay, Lord Zhao doesn't have to take it seriously. Please stay, Cao takes one step first..."

Zhao Xiongzhao still sent it out of the gate, watched Cao Yong ride away before turning around and coming back.

The old housekeeper followed, breathing a sigh of relief and said, "Second Master, with this hundred taels of gold, you can also pay the money for the longevity and rituals first..."

Zhao Xiongzhao stepped a little late, looking at the mouth of the alley where there was already a lonely figure, he couldn't say anything.

This young uncle really brought the dianyi and Cheng Yi together to save trouble. He still took into account the embarrassment of the Zhao family and was unable to cure the mourning...

Speculating on other people's malice makes this down-and-out top scholar uncomfortable; guessing on other people's kindness also makes him feel heavy.

The Zhao family's children did not serve in the official position for three generations, and if it were favors, they would be unable to repay them...

After leaving the Shangshu Mansion, it was still early. Cao Yong did not rush to leave the city, but came to the Thirteenth Prince's Mansion of Jinyu Hutong.

After ten months of entering, the Thirteenth Prince's illness relapsed. Although it was not serious, Cao Yong returned to the city once and still felt that he would visit him and do his best to do his best.

In addition, the sixteenth prince only talks about resting in the prince’s place, and there is little news about how it is.

I don’t know if it’s because Kangxi sent the imperial physician to see him several times. The Thirteenth Prince is in a good mood and has a strong spirit. He has no decadence in his early years and his voice is louder.

When he heard that Cao Yong had attacked the Shangshu Mansion, the Thirteenth Prince couldn't help but sigh and said, "Zhao Shenqiao is a rare wise minister, and Zhao Xiongzhao is also a great talent..."

When Zhao Fengzhao's "Corruption Case" was clearly implicated by the "Ga Li Case", but in fact there was also the emperor's method of checking and balance.

If Zhao Shenqiao was as "old and confused" as the imperial court denounced him, Kangxi would not have repeatedly rejected his resignation and made him die in the position of Minister of Revenue.

Seeing that the Thirteenth Prince had a good impression of the Zhao family and his son, Cao Yong had to say a few good words.

He really hoped that the Thirteenth Prince could influence the Fourth Prince and that after Zhao Xiong Zhao Xiaoman could be highly valued after he arrived in the Yongzheng Dynasty.

For nothing else, even if you don’t do your own business, good people will never be rewarded, which is always a pity.

But he didn't know that Zhao Shenqiao left behind the last words that his children were not allowed to become officials for three generations. He rarely had such kindness, and it was a waste of money. It was decades later that the Zhao family's children entered the court again...

I heard that Cao Yong was going to leave the city today, so the Thirteenth Prince kept him here to eat, so that he would not have to worry about returning home.

Cao Yong was about to inquire about the Sixteenth Prince, but he was not in a hurry to leave.

"You don't have to worry about the Sixteenth Prince. He was just implicated. The Emperor knew it in his heart, and he wouldn't really blame him." Although the royal family affairs were mentioned, Cao Yong was not an outsider. The Thirteenth Prince told the story of the Second Prince's addiction to opium.

Although the Cao family was a little sensible in the capital, because of this incident, the deposed prince of Xian'an Palace was a taboo, so Kangxi had long kept people silent and did not know about it outside.

"Opium?" Cao Yong was surprised when he heard this.
To be continued...