Chapter 954: Can drink with friends

At the end of May, Korqin and Prince Shuozhuoliketu Badma came to pay tribute. The one who came with his third son Gushan Essay.

Because of that dowry, the Cao family had some contacts with the Prince's Mansion. At the end of last year, Cao Yong prepared a gift for the Prince's Mansion in the name of his mother. On the other side of the Prince's Mansion, in the name of Prince Fujin, he sent someone to Cao's Mansion to pay tribute to Li's family.

Although it was not revealed, both Li and Cao Yong agreed that Korqin was a foreign family member of Li.

Yu Yin's true life experience involves the royal secrets of that year, and it has become a bit far apart from the past. Therefore, the clue that left before outsiders is Yu Yin, the noble daughter of Korqin. Even Li and Cao Yong, who were descendants of the people at that time, thought this was the case.

She gave birth to a daughter after giving birth to a daughter, perhaps because she involved the late emperor's crown princess, or because she involved Kangxi and Prince Yuxian, so she was not known to the world.

Even Batma's nephews thought "Concubine Hui" was the noble daughter of Korqin, and Li had Korqin's blood. Therefore, they were sincerely treated as relatives to Cao Yong and Hang Seng.

On the first night after arriving at Rehe, they had a drink with Cao Yong and Hang Seng.

In terms of generations, Cao Yong wanted to call Batma "uncle" and Rashi "coon".

Cao Yong has been following the outside world several times in recent years and has had several interactions with the Mongolians. He has a good impression of the Mongolians. Not to mention the other side, he was the Minister of Taipu Temple who went to the outside world to inspect the ranch. If he had not encountered help from Mongolian herders, he would have been buried in the white-haired snow.

Although Batma is a prince, he has lived in Korchin for most of his life. He still has an open-minded personality and does not allow young people to drink wine.

Rashi was a few years younger than Cao Yong, and it was the first time he saw this cousin, and he met very happily.

This time he came here, he made a special trip to meet his father. If he didn't go on a business trip, after the father and son met, Batma would submit a letter to his son.

Lasi and Sukhbaru are in similar situations, both of whom are the youngest sons. If they were in the early years, the Mongolians inherited their family business from their youngest sons; now influenced by Confucian culture, the Mongolian royal palaces are mainly inherited by the eldest sons. In this way, the status of other legitimate sons is a bit embarrassing, and they have no right to inherit titles, and they are not completely dependent on the royal palace like a concubine.

Going to Beijing to work and seeking opportunities to make achievements has also become a way out for the children of Mongolian princes and princes.

Although there are children in Prince Zhuoliketu's mansion in Beijing, most of them are from a sideline and their identities are not obvious.

Cao Yong has a very popular identity and is now the official of the Ministry of Revenue. It is best to be able to help him. When Batma thinks of this, he feels relieved.

In the early years, the women of Korqin were half the sky above Manchuria. When Emperor Taizong was alive, three of the five concubines in the harem came from Korqin; when Emperor Shizu was alive, the women of Korqin were not favored by the emperor, but occupied the throne. By the time of ascending the throne, Manchuria had already settled in the world and no longer needed Korqin's help, so few Mongolian noble women entered the palace.

On the contrary, the princess of the Aisin Gioro family continued to marry into Mongolia, making most of the Mongolians become nephews of the Aisin Gioro family.

Just as the court was guarding against the Mongols, the Mongols were guarding against the Manchus.

After the court ordered the marriage, Batma told Lasi that the princess must be married, but no matter how good the princess is, she cannot be the mother of his grandson.

This is just for the inheritance of the bloodline of the Golden Family. It is not about worrying about grandsons with Manchu blood, but about the grandsons of Aisinjueluo's nephew, who will become the soft knife for the imperial court to capture the Mongols.

Such things are not uncommon.

The court found his son to hold the Mongolian princes accountable, seized the title and judged the crime, and then ordered Taiji Chengzu, a noble daughter from the royal family. He not only intervened in Mongolia's internal affairs with legitimate reasons, but also controlled the Mongolian tribes in disguise.

When Ni Duan first appeared, these Mongolian princes wanted to resist. This is why there were so many clan girls who married into Mongolia, and they could truly give birth to children and reproduce. Those who could give birth to children were not princesses, with noble status and no subject to the royal palace; if they were not extremely low status, they were also far-reaching.

Like Baoya, it is not easy to have two legitimate sons safely. Among them, thanks to the concubine, who was favored by her high profile and had a pair of children, Baoya's marriage became prosperous and unattractive. Then, Baoya's youthful vitality and "grace" also made her husband feel compassion.

If the story of that family is really told, it can be written in a few big chapters, so I won’t mention it here for now.

After three rounds of wine, Batma spoke straightforwardly and would not beat around the bush. As an elder, he respected Cao Yong for three cups of wine. It was just a kind fatherly heart, so he asked him to take care of his young son more.

Cao Yong did not dare to be arrogant, so he stood up and said, "I dare not take it."

To be honest, Laxi is the legitimate descendant of the Prince's Mansion, and at the worst he can be granted a Duke. His identity and title are more prominent than Cao Yong. Even if he becomes an official, he will start from the second rank even if he does not have any resume.

Batma drank half a pound and his tongue was already hard. Seeing that Cao Yong was not happy, the old man was a little annoyed and slapped the table and challenged Cao Yong for a while.

Seeing that he was screaming, his face turned red and his neck was thick, Cao Yong nodded and responded quickly.

Even if Batma doesn't say these words, if Lasi comes to Beijing, he will still help. He just said "I dare not act like this" because he can't say that the elders are toasting, and it is not easy to be proud to "take care of" their cousins ​​of their peers.

Seeing this, Batma smiled.

Laxi felt embarrassed and whispered to Cao Yong when the old man was not paying attention: "My dad is drunk, please ask my cousin to take care of him."

Cao Yong waved his hand and told him not to take it to heart.

The next day, when Batma and his son saw him, Laxi was granted the title of Duke of the State. Speaking of which, the title was not high.

Regarding this result, it is hard to say what Bartma and his son thought, but they were all happy to the outside world. After two days of banquets, the Cao family was the guests.

The little guy Hang Seng started from being cautious to pulling his neck and calling "Uncle" or "Uncle", without even taking the word "Table". If you don't know, you thought he was Batma's grandson.

Obviously, Batma was a little happy with the misunderstandings from the outside world. He also made a special trip to make a few small Mongolian robes for Hang Seng.

Although Hang Seng was full of curiosity, he felt that the clothes were bright in color, so he was embarrassed to wear them in front of others. Only Bala and Chi were the two. Seeing this new robe, they wanted the little master to put them on immediately. However, they did not talk much. After half a year in Beijing, they also knew what "concern" was.

In mid-June, Cao Yong received a letter from Wei Hei and learned that he and Gong Zong had arrived in Xi'an.

Shi Shilun was seriously injured and almost couldn't survive. Looking at what Wei Xin said, it should have passed the dangerous period and could not die for a while.

Cao Yong felt relieved inexplicably.

In the following days, the Ministry of Revenue's Office made a fuss about the value of Shengjing rice grains.

Since the past few years, the imperial court ordered the Eight Banners to cultivate land and reclaim land, but now it seems that it has been a success. The land reclamation has increased year by year and has achieved great harvests.

However, the rice and valley obtained from the land reclamation became a big problem.

Once there is more rice and valleys, it will make the people's valleys cheap. The court has laws, and the northeast is the place of dragon development. In addition, it has sealed the harbor and prohibited rice and valleys from going to sea to pass.

Cao Yong frowned when he heard this.

It was the rule of the court that the grain outside the pass was surplus, and the southern provinces had no food to provide relief.

After thinking about it, Cao Yong's only idea was to rationalize the transportation and management of rice outside the pass.

First, it's the ship.

You can't use a private boat. After entering the Pass, the Eight Banners of Manchuria was not at ease and were always worried that the Eight Banners would be driven out of the Pass. The best way is to use the official boat.

Secondly, write a note about the situation in several southern provinces in recent years. With this note, Cao Yong felt much more at ease. Although Kangxi cherished his reputation, he could not defend himself from the back door and starve to death in the places where people need relief.

A few days later, an imperial edict issued a letter saying, "There is no need to ban the rice and grain of Shengjing, and it is allowed to be sold by sea." However, this sea transportation is not something that ordinary people can control. The court will not allow outside forces to intervene, and it should be used for the canal transportation.

As for where the rice that went south was transported, the imperial edict of Kangxi was also clearly written. Fujian, Guangdong, and Zhejiang had a total of 300,000 stones. These rice did not pass the customs, did not pay taxes, and did not have to bear the freight.

Although the rice transportation matter was finally handed over to the Cao Transportation Office and did not do the affairs of the Ministry of Revenue, Cao Yong was quite happy and did his best to make more people healthy, which seemed to be a good act.

*

Capital City, Cao Mansion.

Today is the day when the college entrance examination was released. Tianyou went to Zhengbai Banner Official School and was not at home. The two brothers Zuozhu and Zuo Cheng were studying with their masters in a private school in the mansion.

The two sat several cases, shook their heads and recited the letter, looking at the same as usual. But looking at the two brothers and looking at the door in exactly the same way, we knew that they did not show as calmness as they showed.

It was not until noon that Fan Master finished teaching today's homework and asked the students to disperse. The two brothers had not yet waited for news.

"Isn't it a failure?" Zuo Cheng said with some anxiety.

Zuo Zhu heard this and frowned, "Even if my second brother and I fail, Brother Jun will be in the same position. Maybe the announcement was delayed, and it will not be guaranteed."

As the brother was talking, he heard a clamor from outside: "I've been beaten, all three masters have been beaten. Why don't you tell the old lady good news to you!"

The two brothers looked at each other, fearing that they would not listen.

It was not until someone came to look for them that they were the one who went to Shuntian Prefecture's office to look at the list in the morning that the two brothers truly believed it.

But in a moment, the women in the backyard knew the good news.

Although the powerful and noble families have nothing to do with the fame of this "scholar", few people are willing to go through the exams like this. Even if there are children who love to study, they will donate to the prison student directly and then directly participate in the provincial examination, and there will be no more few.

In Tian’s room, Tian’s family was really “crying with joy”.

She knelt in front of the deceased husband's tablet, with a little pious and a little uneasy on her face. She just said in a nagging manner without paying attention to the fact that her two sons had returned and stood behind her.

Zuo Zhu and Zuo Cheng were both stunned. If they heard it correctly, then did they mention their father and grandfather?
Chapter completed!