The swansong of the swansong

Chapter 205 Punishing the Traitor
When the imperial envoy's ship passed Weishan Lake and just entered Pizhou, they saw the Governor-General of Liangjiang He Shou coming to greet them.

A high-ranking provincial governor specially came to the provincial border to greet him and showed his respect for Yinyou's sincerity.

Before this, when Yinyou was in charge of the princes in the Imperial Household Department, Heshou was the longest-serving chief of the Imperial Household Department.

No matter what, he is considered an old subordinate of Yinyou.

"Governor-General of Liangjiang, your servant Heshou respectfully wishes you the best of health."

"Holy Holy Gong."

"Your servant Heshou wishes you the best of health, Prince Yu and Master Sixteen."

"That's all."

After the formalities were completed, Yinyou rewarded him with a seat and ordered someone to serve tea. Heshou made some polite remarks before sitting down cautiously.

In the Jiangnan area, others may not realize how powerful Yinyou is, but Heshou knows it very well.

After leaving the capital, the Infantry Yamen had no influence anymore.

However, if He Shou, the prince who is in charge of the Ministry of Personnel, does not treat him as an ancestor, then he is crazy.

There is always a lot of topics to talk about between old bosses and old subordinates.

Heshou was originally an abandoned son of the Hesheli family. When Soetu was in power, he did not like him.

If it weren't for Kangxi's appreciation, He Shou would never have been in charge of the Imperial Household Department.

When Yinyou and Heshou worked together, because of their different interests, Heshou somewhat acted in a hypocritical manner.

However, as long as there is no public fall-out, there will always be some face to save.

Surprisingly, when the imperial envoy's official ship docked at the Pizhou official ship wharf, Jiangsu Governor Zhang Boxing had been waiting for a long time.

Zhang Boxing was also an old acquaintance, and even Emperor Kangxi knew that he was an upright official. However, he had tens of thousands of acres of fertile land in his hometown of Yifeng, Henan.

Yifen County, which is the modern Lankao County.

Although the geographical conditions in Yifeng County are very bad and desertification is very serious, the Zhang family's fertile fields are close to the old course of the Yellow River, and the groundwater resources are extremely rich, so the grain output is naturally high.

The governor and the provincial governor went to greet the imperial envoy separately. It was obvious that Zhang Boxing and He Shou had a bad relationship, which had already surfaced.

In fact, Zhang Boxing, relying on his good reputation of not being greedy or possessive, had a very bad relationship with the two successive governors.

After another round of tedious formalities, Yinyou was a little tired, so he did not enter Pizhou City and went straight back to the imperial envoy's official ship.

The best way for the imperial envoy to avoid disturbing the people along the way is to stay on the official ship instead of going ashore.

Yinyou knew too well the bad habits of officials in various places. As long as there was an excuse to levy levies, they would definitely take the opportunity to exploit the people and make huge profits from it.

The higher authorities have policies, and the lower authorities have countermeasures. The officials below are afraid of having no excuse to exploit the people.

In a small peasant society, the greatest good deed is to avoid making trouble as much as possible.

Yang Guang was just too much of a troublemaker. As a result, the powerful Sui Dynasty died young.

The decree made it clear that Yinyou was here to inspect the military and political affairs of the entire Jiangnan region.

In other words, before Yinyou left Jiangnan, Heshou and Zhang Boxing had to obey him.

Zhang Boxing had never played the trick of welcoming the emperor at provincial borders before, but this time, he was forced to bow his head, mainly because Yinyou was in charge of the Ministry of Personnel.

The Ministry of Personnel has too much power!

Whether the subordinates Zhang Boxing trusted were dismissed or transferred, it was just a matter of a word from Yinyu.

As long as Yinyou didn't insert his personal connections into the vacant official position and play the trick of drawing lots, Zhang Boxing wouldn't even have a chance to make a complaint.

By that time, wouldn't Zhang Boxing become a governor without any troops?

Yinyu came to Jiangnan with only one purpose, to deal with all the junior officers from the Eight Banners and Green Camp who had been promoted by him last time but had fallen behind in the middle of the process.

Last time, after Yinyou left Jiangnan, some people deliberately forgot his kindness in promoting them.

The traitors within the country are ten thousand times more hateful than the enemies!
Hehe, Yinyou can be very generous and not care about other things.

However, the young officer promoted by Yinyou actually forgot his kindness. If he was not severely punished, General Quan's road to success would be impossible.

"How are the preparations for Cao Yin's funeral going?" This was a task assigned by Kangxi, and Yinyou had to be the first to pay attention to it.

He Shou stood up and said with his back bent, "To reply to Prince Yu, the 12,000 taels of funeral silver awarded by the palace is not enough to spend..." and began to complain.

After Heshou finished speaking, Yinyou understood that the Cao family had become accustomed to extravagance and spent money like water.

Seeing Yinyu looking at him, Zhang Boxing also stood up and said, "I raised three thousand taels of silver from the local area, and it was all spent after a few days of sending it to the Cao family. I sent someone to inquire, and found that the Cao family hired more than three hundred monks to chant sutras, not to mention the two hundred Taoists."

Yinyou understood immediately that Heshou and Zhang Boxing's complaints concealed a cruel reality: people are forgotten when they leave!
When Cao Yin was still alive, everyone knew that he was not only Kangxi's favored companion, but also Kangxi's spy in Jiangnan.

However, since Cao Yin died, the so-called friendship also disappeared.

Who is Cao Yong? Are you familiar with him?
No matter how stupid and incompetent an official is, he will be able to calculate the pros and cons of interpersonal relationships very clearly.

In the Qing dynasty officialdom, there was a basic reality: when a wife died, the streets were bustling with activity; when a husband died, the house was deserted.

There is no way around it. This is the reality in officialdom and everyone follows these cruel and ruthless rules of the game.

Any colleague relationship that has lost its investment value does not need to be maintained with money.

Yinyou knew what was going on. Even though Heshou and Zhang Boxing complained, they were still a little afraid in their hearts.

After all, the post of Jiangning Weaving Doctor was taken over by Cao Yin's own son. Needless to say, the task of acting as Kangxi's spy would definitely be passed on to Cao Yong.

Otherwise, given Zhang Boxing's attitude of being particularly careful about his reputation, why would he help the Cao family raise money?
Since Yinyou came to Jiangnan, Cao Yin must have a grand funeral.

"Where is the floating house of the Cao family?" Yinyou asked Heshou deliberately.

He Shou bowed and replied, "My Lord, I am temporarily staying at Jiming Temple. However, the abbot is extremely cruel and takes 100 taels of silver a day."

Jiming Temple in Jiangning is world-famous!
However, the cost of keeping the body at Jiming Temple is really not low.

As the saying goes, it is easy to go from frugality to extravagance, but it is difficult to go back to frugality from extravagance!
With Cao Jiashi, the god of informants, Yinyou knew exactly what kind of people the Cao family were.

In the Qing Dynasty, it didn't matter whether the sons were filial or not while the elderly were still alive.

The important thing is that the funeral must be held in a grand manner so that everyone can see the filial piety!

Seeing that Heshou and Zhang Boxing were looking at him eagerly, obviously waiting for him to make a big decision, Yinyou said lightly: "Khan Ama attaches great importance to friendship. You should be able to understand his intention, right?" He spoke vaguely on purpose.

He Shou understood immediately what Yinyou meant, don't mention the money to me, the funeral must be held in a grand manner.

"I understand." Heshou knew how powerful Yinyou was and dared not disobey him.

Zhang Boxing hesitated for a moment, but finally chose to compromise.

"I humble my position and take orders."

Who can afford to offend the prince who is in charge of hats?
However, Zhang Boxing also played a trick on Yinyou, saying that he obeyed the order instead of saying that he understood it.

Yinyu also knew that Zhang Boxing was unwilling to give in. However, the powerful dragon crossing the river was too strong, and Zhang Boxing really had no way to resist!

After the ship arrived at Huai'an Prefecture, General Jiangning Oksun waited at the dock, waiting to welcome Yinyou's arrival.

The jurisdiction of General Jiangning does not overlap with that of the Governor-General of Liangjiang.

According to the rules of the imperial court, Eksun could not leave the defense zone without permission, and Huai'an Prefecture was the northernmost place he could go.

"General Jiangning, I am your servant Ekesun, wishing good health to Prince Yu and Sixteenth Master." After greeting Kangxi, Ekesun paid his respects respectfully.

"Get up!"

Yinyou and Ekesun are old acquaintances.

Before the boss was imprisoned, Ekeson was a complete boss.

After the eldest brother was completely defeated, Eksun turned to be the disciple of the eighth brother.

In fact, anyone who knows a little about the inside story of the court would never choose the fourth brother, but would only choose the eighth brother.

The main reason was that the fourth prince acted too well, causing people to misunderstand him and think that he only wanted to be a wise king but had no interest in the throne.

Not to mention Eksun, even Kangxi, who had seen countless people, was deceived by the false appearance created by the fourth brother.

As a lone minister, the fourth brother has always pursued the basic strategy of not fighting is fighting, and he has deceived everyone in the world!

When you are in the government, it is a compulsory course to understand the backgrounds of high-ranking officials!
Under the escort of the Jiangnan giants, Yinwei's official ship successfully arrived at the Jiangning Wharf.

"I am Cao Yong, the weaving doctor of Jiangning. I wish you the best of health, Prince Yu and Sixteenth Master."

"Let's get up."

When Cao Yong was serving as a guard in the capital, Yin Yu happened to be in charge of the guard house. Therefore, Cao Yong could be considered as an old subordinate of Yin Yu.

Yinyou glanced at Cao Yong, who was in heavy mourning, and couldn't help but think of Cao Jia's plea.

"Master, my brother is young, and my uncle is a scoundrel, so please take care of him."

Yinyou knew that Cao Yong in history was a short-lived man, and the prototype of the dead ghost Jia Zhu in the Dream of the Red Chamber was him.

According to Kangxi's idea, Yinyu ordered: "Let's go to the weaving office first. I and your sixteenth master will personally pay tribute to Cao Gong."

Anyway, we have to give enough face, it's an inevitable rule, and it will be difficult to explain to Kangxi.

When they heard that Yinyou was coming, the Cao family became busy and prepared to give a grand reception to the visitor who was half of the Cao family.

Hehe, that little thing between Yinyou and Cao Jia had already spread all over the capital.

The Cao family’s old house was in the capital, there was no way they didn’t know about it.

Led by Ekesun and accompanied by the three giants of Jiangnan, Yinyou arrived at the gate of Cao's house in a sedan chair.

"Your servant Cao Quan wishes you the best of luck to Prince Yu and Master Sixteen."

"Get up."

Yinyou looked at Cao Quan carefully. Wow, this guy looked very similar to Jia She in the old red drama.

You can tell at first glance that he is a man whose body has been drained by alcohol and sex!

After entering the palace, Yinyou and the Sixteenth Prince went to the mourning hall first, burned three incense sticks for Cao Yin, and bowed as an exception to express their respect for Kangxi's deceased companion.

After the etiquette was in place, Yinyou and the Sixteenth Prince were invited into the Xuanrui Hall, which was bestowed with a plaque by Emperor Kangxi, surrounded by everyone.

The fact that the Emperor bestowed a plaque on the nanny, Ms. Sun, has always been a source of pride for the Cao family.

The Cao family specially invited Yinyou here, hoping that Yinyou would remember their old friendship and help the Cao family maintain their status.

(End of this chapter)