The swansong of the swansong

Chapter 200 I hope you die
The New Year's Day of the 52nd year of Kangxi's reign is just around the corner.

More than ten days before the festival, all government offices had been sealed, and the Ministry of Personnel was no exception.

Yinyou originally thought that he could finally stay at home, rest for more than a month, and have a good Spring Festival.

Who would have thought that Kangxi would call Yinyou into Changchun Garden every day to help him stamp a small seal of "Got it" on the greeting card.

It was almost New Year's Day, and in order to show their loyalty, the provincial governors sent a large number of greetings to Changchun Garden almost every day.

Yinyou still lived in the same room with Zhang Tingyu, and the two of them hardly chatted with each other, not even two sentences a day.

Zhang Tingyu sat in the corner, busy all the time with his head down.

Yinyou casually flipped open a memorial, and to his surprise, it turned out to be a posthumous memorial from Cao Yin, the Jiangning Textile Manufacturer.

Kangxi was sleeping soundly with his beautiful daughter in his arms, and if Yinyou disturbed him at this time, he would be asking for trouble.

Yinyou read Cao Yin's will several times and realized that Cao Yin only expressed his gratitude to the emperor but did not mention a word about the arrangements for his death.

After thinking about it, Yinyou immediately understood that with the deep affection between Cao Yin and Kangxi, as long as Kangxi did not die, he would naturally arrange his affairs after his death.

Because of his close relationship with Cao Jia, Yinyu had some understanding of the Cao family's affairs.

The main reason why Cao Yin did not make arrangements for his affairs after his death was that his only son, Cao Yong, had already reached adulthood and could fully inherit the position of Jiangning Weaving Supervisor.

Since Cao Yin's father Cao Xi, Jiangning Weaving Factory has become a hereditary official position of the Cao family.

The biggest benefit of Cao Yin's death to Yinyou was that during the three years of mourning, Cao Jia no longer dared to pester him for sex.

However, Cao Jia's belly was pregnant with another little baby. But, I don't know if it's a boy or a girl?
In any case, Fu Peng will not be too lonely.

After Kangxi finished his breakfast and before the first person was called, Yinyou forced his way into the queue and handed in a sign asking for a meeting.

As the saying goes, the one who is closest to the water gets the moon first.

Yinyou, who stayed in Changchun Garden all day, naturally knew Kangxi's daily habits very well.

When Kangxi heard that Cao Yin had passed away, he burst into tears and said, "There are only a few of my Haha beads left..."

Yinyou thought that the old emperor lived too long. Almost all of his childhood friends were outlived by him.

After Kangxi had cried enough, Yinyou called Wei Zhu in and ordered him to help the old emperor wash his face and change his clothes.

In order to maintain the dignity of the Qing Dynasty, the emperor could not wear old clothes.

Therefore, no matter whether it was court dress or casual dress, Kangxi only wore it once!
After Wei Zhu helped Kangxi come back, Kangxi's emotions had stabilized a lot after a long period of calming down.

"Alas, when we captured Oboi that year, Cao Yin took a punch for me and his face turned blue..." Kangxi began to ramble on about nostalgia again.

Yinyou knew that this nagging would last at least half an hour.

This guy, now that he's old, does talk a lot of nonsense.

Yinyu was used to it. He also knew that even if he found an excuse to interrupt the old emperor halfway and deliberately didn't let him finish his nagging, it would waste more time later.

Because Kangxi will start nagging from the beginning again!
Instead of causing trouble for himself, it is better to let Kangxi indulge in nostalgia.

"Cao Yin's second son Zhen'er died of illness in Jiangning last year. He cried so hard that he became a tearful man..." Kangxi wanted to cry again. Yinyu had been prepared for it and asked quickly, "As far as I know, Cao Yong is the only surviving son?"

As expected, Kangxi's attention was diverted and he began to mention many past events of Cao Yong.

Yinyou understood as soon as he heard it, Kangxi really had feelings for Cao Yin!

Otherwise, it would be impossible for Kangxi to know all the household affairs of the Cao family.

"Cao Yin has two daughters. You are probably more familiar with the eldest daughter than I am, right?" Kangxi deliberately asked Yinyou, "I heard that her belly is getting bigger again?"

Yinyu's face turned red, but he had to bite the bullet and explain: "Khan Ama, I am worried that little Fupeng is too lonely, and I want to give him a brother or sister."

It's really shameless and thick-skinned!
But, to be honest, having Prince Ping's wife ridden under a man is indeed a full feeling of novelty and excitement, and it makes the fight particularly durable!

Yinyou was already very shameless, but Kangxi was even more shameless than him.

"Narsu is really enduring. Everyone thought he wouldn't live long. But who would have thought that he would drag on for so many years and refuse to die." Kangxi was obsessed with taking away the dozen or so Niulu directly under Prince Ping, and was hoping that Narsu would go to the underworld to meet Shunzhi as soon as possible. He even gave up his green face.

Even with Yinyou's cleverness, it was still difficult for him to keep up with Kangxi's jumping thoughts.

Just now he was complaining that Narsu had lived too long, but in the blink of an eye, Kangxi was talking about Prince Zhuang Boguduo.

"Last time, when Bogoduo was seriously ill and bedridden, I was thinking about whether to adopt the Eighteenth Prince as his heir. Unexpectedly, Bogoduo was so lucky that he survived." Kangxi was obviously looking forward to Prince Zhuang meeting Shunzhi as soon as possible.

Yinyu thought, for Kangxi now, no matter how small the mosquito leg is, it has become meat. As long as there is a Niulu to be obtained, it really doesn't matter whether it is respectable or not.

In the Bordered Red Banner, Prince Zhuang Bogoduo, despite his high seniority, was merely a small banner leader.

Because, among all the iron-clad princes, Prince Zhuang's father, Shuose, was not conferred into the Bordered Red Banner until the first year of the Shunzhi reign.

So far, Yinyu has six Niulu under his control, while Prince Zhuang Boguduo only has seven Niulu under his name.

Kangxi himself let the cat out of the bag, which made Yinyou feel deeply moved.

If Bogoduo died before Kangxi, the great advantage of Prince Heshuozhuang would definitely be taken by the Eighteenth Prince. This shows that Kangxi truly loved the Eighteenth Prince!
I can't give you the throne, but giving you a prince of iron-headed status is good enough, right?
The Sixteenth and Eighteenth Brothers are both Yinyou's biological brothers, and they are all flesh and blood, so it is not convenient for him to say anything.

"Well, let's not go off topic anymore, let's talk about Cao Yin's funeral first!" Kangxi was not really senile yet, so he brought the subject back to the topic.

"Before Cao Yong succeeds as the Jiangning Weaving Supervisor, he must come to Beijing to meet Your Majesty. The elder Cao Jia is under your care and comfort, so I don't need to worry about her. The younger Cao Jia is married to Abao, the Prince of Khorchin, and is his successor, so you don't need to worry about her..." Kangxi counted all of Cao Yin's children one by one.

The second-class guard Abao was originally a subordinate of Yinyou when he was in charge of the Guard House, so he was an old acquaintance.

However, after Abao brought little Cao Jia back to the Korchin grassland, he and Yinyou never met again.

However, according to Da Caojia, her sister is much more beautiful than her.

Yinyu knew very well that the prototype of Tanchun, one of the Twelve Beauties of the Red Chamber, was Cao Jia.

From beginning to end, Kangxi never mentioned Cao Yin's younger brother Cao Quan.

Yinyou knew that Cao Quan was a prodigal son like Xue Pan. He could actually suffer huge losses from his monopoly on the copper business and even asked Kangxi to clean up the mess for him.

However, Cao Quan himself was a typical Eight Banners playboy, but he was very good at having sons.

Finally, Kangxi sighed and said, "I am old, and the Cao family will only be left to you to take care of in the future."

Since Yinyou was Cao Jia's wild man, he could not escape the responsibility of taking care of the Cao family, so he agreed immediately.

"Please rest assured, Khan Ama, I will take good care of the Cao family."

"Little Cao Jia has made great contributions to pacifying Mongolia. You are not allowed to touch her. Do you understand?" Kangxi warned Yinyou with a snort.

"Yeah." Yinyou knew that Kangxi was serious and was definitely not joking.

"Kneel down."

When Yinyou returned to the guardhouse, he saw Zhang Tingyu talking to someone.

There was only one room in the guardhouse. Even if Yinyou didn't want to eavesdrop on Zhang Tingyu's conversation, his ears wouldn't allow it!

"What on earth did you do in your Internal Affairs Office to mix Cao Yin's posthumous memorial with the memorial of greeting?" Zhang Tingyu questioned the seventh-rank official in front of him with a stern face.

At the beginning of the year, Zhang Tingyu served as a co-examiner in the imperial examination and was immediately promoted to the position of Xima in the Sijing Bureau.

The Xima of the Sijing Bureau was under the jurisdiction of the Zhanshi Mansion and was an important transfer official for the Hanlin scholars.

The difference between a Red Hanlin and a Black Hanlin lies in when one is promoted to Xima.

Zhang Tingyu, who was only 41 years old, was awarded the fourth-rank official title of Zhang Xima. He had a bright future and was considered a standard Red Hanlin.

Interesting stories about horse washing were recorded in Yu Tang Cong Yu.

During the Jingtai period, Liu Zhujing was promoted to the Prince's Groom.

When Wang Wei, the assistant minister of the Ministry of War, met Liu Zhujing, he asked him with a sly smile: "Master Liu, how many horses do you wash in a day?"

Liu Zhujing was not angry at all, and instead teased Wang Wei: "Alas, I have already cleaned the Great Sima, but this Young Sima is not clean and is still being washed."

During the Ming and Qing dynasties, the Minister of War was also known as Shao Sima.

Seeing Yinyou coming in, Zhang Tingyu quickly cut to the chase and said sternly, "Go back and listen to the lecture!"

Unexpectedly, the seventh-rank official was so frightened that he trembled and completely forgot to salute Yinyou.

"Tingcan" is a professional term in the officialdom of the Qing Dynasty, which means: wait to be impeached.

Generally speaking, only when a boss is extremely angry will he be unable to bear it and take such harsh measures against his subordinates.

According to the Qing Dynasty's custom, as long as a superior impeached a subordinate, there was no precedent of not approving it.

Yinyou didn't want to cause trouble, so he turned around and walked out of the duty room.

When Yinyou went outside to admire the rare and precious plants for a while and returned to the guardhouse, Zhang Tingyu had already gone out.

Zhang Hengchen was indeed a sensible man. He took the initiative to avoid it, thus saving him the trouble of explaining.

When serving in the imperial court, being cautious and self-disciplined is a basic quality that must be possessed.

Just when Yinyou was about to leave his post, Kangxi called him over.

Kangxi said with shining eyes: "Prince Zhuang Boguoduo is ill again. Please go and visit him for me."

"Whoo."

Although Bogoduo was Kangxi's cousin, in order to concentrate power, Kangxi actually wished he would die sooner.

However, Yinyou had long seen through the nature of his relatives and was not surprised at all.

Anyone who hinders the expansion of the supreme imperial power shall die, no matter how closely related they are by blood!

Imperial power is inherently exclusive and there is no room for a win-win situation.

(End of this chapter)