My father-in-law is Kangxi

Chapter 1127 Reciprocate

There are two "family nephews" of Cao Yin in total, besides the newly released Cao Dianyi, there is also a guard Cao.

These two are brothers, one was promoted as a "learned scholar", and the other was selected as the imperial guard by the champion of martial arts, both of them were from the imperial court.

Shu Shu thought of the relationship between her family and the Cao family, namely the cashmere farm in Jiangning and the wool factory in Beijing, and said, "Did the emperor choose Cao Yin because he liked to order Cao Yin around?"

Brother Nine curled his lips and said, "Why do you think it's Han Ama who is reluctant to point out useful people, so he uses an old Confucian to make up the number?"

Brother Nine doesn't live in the Prince's Mansion now, so the newly released ceremony of the Prince's Mansion must come to Haidian to meet the proprietor.

Brother Nine had met him before, but he didn't pay much attention to it. Now he took a few more glances. The half-worn regular clothes, with a short beard and a Chinese character face, looked very elegant, with regular facial features, clean eyebrows and eyes. I don't hate it.

To say that the old Confucian was a bit harsh, this person is a few years younger than Zhang Tingzan, less than forty.

This demeanor is similar to that of Zhang Tingzan, but it seems a little more simple and calm.

"What did you do for a living in South Study?"

he asked directly.

Cao Yueying said: "The minister usually revises books and makes edicts."

Brother Jiu couldn't help being a little embarrassed when he heard this.

The previous actions did not correspond to the errands of the Prince's Mansion.

He glanced at Cao Yueying, and said: "The Dianyi of the prince's mansion doesn't have any specific business right now, do you have any orders from Khan Ama?"

Cao Yueying said: "The emperor didn't order, but let the minister do his job well."

Brother Jiu thought for a while, and said: "The master of ceremonies of the Prince's Mansion is not in the mansion for a while, you should be on duty at the Prince's Mansion every day, and take care of where there is a shortage of hands."

Cao Yueying: "..."

Can it still be so?
He hesitated for a moment, then said: "Jiu Ye, I don't know the usual duties of Mr. Zhang..."

Brother Jiu said: "Well, I'm just staring at my master reading, and I'm idle at other times."

Cao Yueying was also puzzled, so she came here to serve as the prince's attendant for this ceremony?
Brother Jiu said: "The prince's mansion is also free right now, you don't have to go to work every day, just leave your home address in detail, and just go every other day."

Cao Yueying agreed and left from the Fifth North Institute.

Brother Jiu returned to the main room, and complained to Shu Shu: "No wonder I fell into the eyes of Khan Ama, I don't look like a modern person, I look at the antique."

After listening to this adjective, Shu Shu said in surprise, "A mature face? Fairy spirit?"

Brother Jiu shook his head and said: "It's not like that, it's just like a scholar who came out of a storybook, slow-moving, a little bit of honor and disgrace."

Speaking of this, he said: "Khan Ama only sent one person down, and he is not a serious official, so no one else will be selected for the other ceremony. Let Guiyuan do it directly. In the future, when Zhang Tingzan is not here to name us, Then give Gui Yuan a promotion."

Shu Shu has no objection.

A while ago, Gui Yuan followed Fu Song to inspect the properties under the name of the Prince's Mansion, and also checked the accounts.

He grew up next to Brother Nine, and he also has some advantages in accounting.

There was an extra ceremony in the Prince's Mansion, but nothing happened.

Even though Cao Yueying's status as a walker in the South Study Room is a bit eye-catching, can he still compare to Zhang Tingzan, a serious Hanlin scholar?
The other princes, elder brothers, got the news and just laughed it off.

Everyone knows that Brother Jiu doesn't like to read serious books, and "Book of Rites" is forced to relearn.

Right now Zhang Tingzan is acting as Taichang Temple and has no time to attend the study, so it is reasonable to choose someone else.

As for Fusong's whereabouts, few people paid attention to it.

The 17-year-old master of ceremonies is a related household, just missing a child.

Only the fourth elder brother feels that something is wrong here.

After asking someone to inquire about it, I realized that it was a long vacation.

But the Dutong Mansion didn't intend to invite a doctor. Isn't this sick?
What about that person?
The fourth elder brother thinks that the ninth elder brother should do something again.

He is short-tempered, but he didn't go to Elder Brother's place specifically.

The movements are all under the eyes of others, so it is not easy to communicate too closely.

The ninth elder brother does not have the good temper of the fourth elder brother. After going to Qingxi Bookstore to ask about the date of returning to Luan this day, he directly asked: "Khan Ama, is it a waste of talent for you to point out such a person? Son I asked someone to inquire, Master Cao is good at books, and he is quite famous, but there is no corresponding errand for my son right now..."

Kangxi said: "He is the nephew of Cao Yin's family. You always want to order Cao Yin around, why don't you think of 'returning the favor' and raising his relatives?"

Brother Nine frowned and said: "Ama Khan, you can't count it like this. It's true that my son ordered Cao Yin, but it's all business. This is a public heart. Why does it seem like my son owes favors..."

As for personal matters, there should not be many.

Because there is still Ji Hong in Jiangnan, whether it is finding materials for Fujin or finding gems, they are all entrusted to Ji Hong.

Kangxi coughed lightly, and said: "Hanlin officials are different from other officials. They lack ice and charcoal respect, live in poverty, and cannot prepare clothes and rides. Ding You's Hanlin officials who returned home on leave have a difficult livelihood and are unable to go to Beijing; The Hanlin officials are also poor and have no place to stand. There are many people who are very embarrassed. I have ordered the Hanlin officials to select the lack of Taoists in all provinces, which is not as bad as the six doctors. Cao Yueying is the inner court Hanlin with a special purpose. It’s not easy to fill the official vacancies in the Imperial Academy, so I’ll send you there as an errand.”

Brother Jiu thought about several possibilities, but he never thought of this.

He looked at Kangxi and said, "It turns out that Khan Ama used his son's etiquette to subsidize his courtiers. Is 60 taels of silver enough for that year?"

Do you want to give me a double salary or something?

Kangxi said: "Don't you still have four seasons' clothes in your mansion, and you also have money and rice at the end of the year, that's all."

Although Cao Yueying was born in Anhui, he had sent his family in Daxing since his father's generation. For the next 33 years, his brothers worked as errands in front of the imperial court, and they were granted an official house in the inner city. An extra salary was enough.

Brother Jiu didn't want to spend this money in vain, seeing that he was not here to be a half-teacher, he was a little less cautious, and with arrangements, he said: "Ama Khan, you also know that our house does not support idlers. Yes, since Cao Yueying is good at books, the son will give full play to his talents, let him copy the books, and prepare them for Fengsheng and his brothers."

It turned out that he remembered that before leaving the palace, Fujin borrowed out-of-print books from Jingyang Palace, and then brought Xiaosong to copy the books.

In this way, when they leave the palace, there will be several boxes of out-of-print books.

It's just that half of them are Fujin's pens and inks, otherwise they can make a fortune by consigning them to outside bookstores.

Now that there is this talented person who is good at books, it happens to be able to expand the collection of books in the mansion.

Kangxi also knew about Brother Nine's problems. He couldn't see people being idle, and since they were arranged, he didn't care what to do with them.

When I went back to Elder Brother's place, Ninth Elder Brother told Shu Shu why he pointed at Cao Yueying, but Shu Shu was also speechless.

It turned out that they came to subsidize the courtiers because of the good welfare of their prince's mansion.

But good books...

Copying is a waste.

"Master, you can change the plaques in various shops, and please copy more copybooks for the rest..."

As Shu Shu said, she felt that Fengsheng and the others were too young, and they were still several years away from taking up a pen. Who knows if this person will still be working part-time in the Prince's Mansion by then.

She said: "Go back and ask Mr. Cao, can you let Xiaosi and Xiaowu recognize a gentleman, give me advice..."

If you don't study, you will achieve much, but this handwriting is the face of a scholar, and learning a little is considered outstanding among the Manchus.

At that time, whether the younger brothers are promoted through the Eight Banners imperial examination or promoted through the pen post method, they will have an additional advantage.

Brother Jiu nodded and said: "That's good, let's explain it clearly to him, and make more backups for the preparation."

It happened that Brother Nine was going back to the House of Internal Affairs the next day to inquire about the maintenance of the palace, so he went back to the Prince's Mansion first, met Cao Yueying, and mentioned that Xiaosi and Xiaowu should come to study.

After hearing this, Cao Yueying breathed a sigh of relief, and readily agreed.

It's good if you have something to do, otherwise you will be uneasy if you do this and wait for your salary.

Then Brother Jiu went to the House of Internal Affairs for a tour, and then went to the Dutong Mansion.

It happened that little four was taking a rest, and little five was suffering from heat stroke, both of them were at home.

Hearing that brother Jiu had found a great Confucian for them as a calligraphy teacher, both of them were very excited.

Xiaosi and Xiaosan are twin brothers, and they are 14 years old this year. They said excitedly: "I have heard about Mr. Cao, and I heard that there is a champion!"

Brother Jiu said: "That must be a mistake. If you really want to be the number one scholar, you must take the right path of the imperial examination, and you can use more than [-] years to get promoted!"

These literati are used to putting high hats on each other and flattering each other.

But fortunately, looking at Cao Yueying's temperament, he is not that self-righteous, otherwise he would not have caught Kangxi's eyes.

Xiao Wu was already 12 years old, and he was the strongest among the brothers, so he said, "Brother-in-law, then we recognize Mr. Cao as your husband, can we see Zhuangyuan Cao?"

This Cao Zhuangyuan is talking about Cao Yueying's younger brother, Cao Yuewei, the military champion in 33 years, is now the second-class guard in the palace.

Brother Jiu said: "It should be possible. I heard that the two brothers have no separate family and live in the official house outside Di'anmen."

The two brothers looked at each other with excitement.

Calligraphy is important, but what is more important is to know the champion of martial arts.

This champion of martial arts is a legendary figure. I heard that in the martial arts test in 33, it was a double-jieyuan competition for the champion.

In the end, Cao Yuewei was able to win the first prize, and his ability was still higher than others.

Jue Luo was at the side, and warned the two sons: "Don't look at Shu in Long. How did you teach you on weekdays, and why do you always want to cause trouble for others? If you continue to do this, you are not allowed to go to the Prince's Mansion to learn calligraphy!"

Xiao Si and Xiao Wu were both honest and readily admitted their mistakes.

Nine princes said: "Mother-in-law, it's okay. Cao Zhuangyuan has been passed on outside as a three-headed and six-armed man. Who wouldn't want to see him? Even when I met him in the imperial court a few years ago, I always looked at him twice. He is just an ordinary person with a purple face. Ordinary people are taller and stronger, and can make a sixteen-power bow..."

If it weren't for such a talent, he wouldn't have won the favor of the emperor. Not only was he awarded the champion, but he was also directly awarded the guard of the inner class...

(End of this chapter)