Cao Yong has always been thinking about the matter of releasing. He originally thought that Shandong, Henan and Shanxi are not far from the capital and Jiangnan, and are considered to be relatively suitable provinces. But after Mr. Zhuang showed him the information about these provinces, he couldn't help but have a headache. Henan's floods are famous, and Shandong's droughts and locust plagues are also very frequent.

After this time of epidemic in Beijing, Cao Yong became more and more aware of the limitations of this era.

Mr. Zhuang pondered: "Or think of a way and go to Huguang!"

Cao Yong thought for a while and asked, "What's so good! If it were Henan and Shandong..." He fell into deep thought when he said this.

A hint of surprise flashed in Mr. Zhuang's eyes: "Ying'er, it's not that he was addicted to epidemic prevention in Beijing a few days ago, and he had the idea of ​​going out to fight against the disaster?"

Cao Yong nodded slightly: "If it is within my ability... this is not a difficult task..." He said this in his heart. Although he is a little lazy and has no ambition to achieve great achievements, as a man, he must always do something well.

Two months ago, he was busy preventing the epidemic under the Fourth Prince. Although he was more busy and tired, he was very happy to see the epidemic gradually curbing and the lives of the people became calm.

Mr. Zhuang shook his head disapprovingly: "Although you are kind-hearted, it is not as simple as you think. These two provinces are often affected by disasters, with frequent reductions in money and grain, less money for fire and less money for disaster relief!"

Although Cao Yong has been in the officialdom for less than a year, he understands what Mr. Zhuang said. I am afraid that few officials from these two provinces are clean and have the idea of ​​disaster relief money. If you go to such an official place, if you refuse to let go of your posture to accept the "good intentions" of your superiors and subordinates and go with the flow, how can they be content with you? If you let go of your posture and join in with it, then what is divided is the relief money of the people. How can you be able to live up to your conscience?

Thinking of Kangxi's indulgence to corrupt officials, Cao Yong couldn't help feeling a little annoyed, and he faintly hoped that the Kangxi Dynasty would pass as soon as possible and the Yongzheng Dynasty would come earlier, so that those corrupt officials would also be stubborn.

*

In a blink of an eye, it was early August and the Sixteenth Prince was back.

Cao Yong had not received any letters before, only knew that the twelfth prince and the fourteenth prince came back from Rehe, and the fourth prince and the ninth prince went over, but he did not hear anything about the sixteenth prince.

On the day he returned to Beijing, the sixteenth prince went to Cao's mansion.

Because the Ministry of Revenue was about to settle the disaster relief accounts in Fujian in the first half of the year, Cao Yong came back from the Ministry of Revenue in the afternoon. He heard that the Sixteenth Prince was in the East College with Cao Song and Hongshu brothers. He hadn't seen each other for half a year, so he missed him a little, so he didn't go to the inner courtyard to change his clothes and went straight to the East Courtyard.

The Sixteenth Prince has become much stronger again, probably because he often hunts on the grassland, and his complexion looks much better than when he leaves in spring.

Seeing Cao Yong come in, except for the Sixteenth Prince, Cao Song, Hongshu, Hongzhuo, Hongxin and others all put down their bows and greeted each other in a group of "big brother" and "brother-in-law".

The sixteenth prince pointed to Cao Yong's refurbishment and smiled, "Look at you, this is very good in official uniforms!" As he said, he looked at him carefully, nodded, and said, "It's okay, it's okay, although it's clearer, it's still the same as before. I heard that you were working with the Fourth Brother a few days ago, and I was still worried. I was afraid that you would stay by his side and dye his air conditioning, making people feel froze!"

Seeing that Cao Song and Hongshu were both sweating, Cao Yong called a servant and asked them to prepare some fruits and food for them. Hongshu smiled and thanked him. The youngest Hongxin raised his head and said with a gaze: "Brother-in-law, I want to go and see my sister!"

Hongzhuo couldn't help but agree: "Yes, yes, I want to go too. The sweet water in my sister's yard is the best!"

Looking at the greedy appearance of the two younger brothers, Hongshu couldn't help but whisper: "Second brother, fourth brother!"

Hong Zhuo thought of his fault, looked at the Sixteenth Prince, then looked at Cao Yong, and scratched his head embarrassedly, saying, "Hehe, Uncle Sixteenth, my nephew didn't lie, but my sister's food in the yard is good, and my nephew and brother are both thinking about it!"

The sixteenth prince smiled and patted Hongzhuo's forehead, turned to Cao Yong and said, "Okay, you still hide your own personal information, right? I've been suffering from it in your mansion, why don't you get me some food?"

Cao Yong felt unfairly wronged. Although the Sixteenth Prince had been here a few times before, except for the wedding, did he come and leave in a hurry?

Because he had to deal with a few brother-in-law first, Cao Yong said to Hongzhuo and Hongxin: "It's not someone else's home. If you want to go, you are bored. Your sister is in the mansion all day long. I'm happy to be able to talk to you!" At this point, he said to Hongshu: "You go with me too. Your sister was talking about you two days ago!"

"Yes!" Hongshu responded a little shyly. He also liked those who eat, but as his elder brother, he was old and always had to look like an elder brother.

Cao Song took a few young princes to clean his hands. Cao Yong accompanied the sixteenth prince to the living room to sit down. Because the official uniform was uncomfortable and he had been sweating for another day, he asked him to wait for a while, and went back to Wutongyuan to change his clothes before coming back.

Because he had just talked about food, Cao Yong asked Chu Yu to pick two plates of refreshing and not sweet food, and sent them to the front yard.

After the servant brought the tea and left, the sixteenth prince's face immediately turned solemnly and asked straight to the point: "You are doing well in front of the Ministry of Revenue, why did you involve the epidemic at this time?"

Cao Yong heard his question strangely, knowing that there must be a reason for this, and was afraid that it was not a good thing, so he didn't answer directly, so he asked, "What? What's wrong with this?"

The Sixteenth Prince nodded and said seriously: "Although I don't know what you did in the capital, I'm with the Emperor Ama, and if you hear this, the memorial to impeach you is not one or two!"

"Important?" Cao Yong sighed in his heart. It seemed that Mr. Zhuang was really talking about it. Although he knew that the epidemic could not be put on the table at this time, and he did not expect to get any reward, but he went out early and came back late every two months, risked the disease to work hard and there, and when he turned around, he only changed a few "impeachments" to change. Who would feel relieved?

"What are you impeaching me? I just did my duty on the order of the Fourth Master. Where is this mistake?" Cao Yong forced a smile.

The sixteenth prince couldn't help but shook his head and said, "Who told you to be fine, but I just leaned against the Fourth Brother! The Fourth Brother made such a great contribution this time, and you won't be jealous of others? You don't dare to go directly to the Fourth Brother. Who will you participate in if you don't participate? This fourth brother is the same, who is not easy to use, why did you find you? If you don't say this, how can you do it well?"

Speaking of this, the Sixteenth Prince suddenly looked at Cao Yong with confusion, and after a while, he said seriously: "Tell me the truth, you don't have any thoughts about the Fourth Brother, right? We have said before that these things cannot be combined at will!"

Cao Yong did not want to make the Sixteenth Prince worry, so he told him about the epidemic that he accidentally discovered at the end of April, and mentioned that he was in a panic and didn't know who to go to. He went to the Thirteenth Prince's Mansion, and the Fourth Prince was also there.

As for why the Fourth Prince came out, Cao Yong smiled bitterly: "The inner city is full of powerful people. When ordinary officials go, some doors cannot be opened! Prince Cheng is 'sick', and the Fourth Master is busy with government affairs and the epidemic in the outer city. The Admiral is also a smart person, so he will not care about such thankless things. He almost gave up the pick halfway and asked the Fourth Master to send people to take charge. There are many princes in this city, and they all have weight, but who is willing to suffer this? I see, the Fourth Master has no choice but to use the Yuzi I know, to catch me and push me to the jar!"

Although the Sixteenth Prince knew about the epidemic in the capital, it was not true. Now that he heard Cao Yong say that, Fang knew the danger and various hidden stories, and he couldn't help but complain to the Fourth Prince: "Since Brother, you are so proud of him, why are you so unsympathetic? You can't blame me for the reduction. I've been busy for two months, it would be strange if I don't reduction!"

After saying this, the Sixteenth Prince suddenly remembered something and asked again: "What do you say about surrounding the Dun Prince's Mansion?"

Cao Yong once mentioned this incident to Mr. Zhuang repeatedly, and felt that the reason was justified and there was nothing inappropriate. Even if he went to the imperial court, he could still stand up. So, when he heard the Sixteenth Prince mention this, Cao Yong was slightly stunned.

The sixteenth prince looked at it, became more worried, hesitated for a while, and asked, "But... but the fourth brother signaled you to do this?"

Cao Yong shook his head quickly. He had no intention of letting the Fourth Prince take the blame. If it was heard by the "cold-faced king" and he would have written a little in his heart, he would not be at ease in the future: "Don't do the Fourth Master's business. When counting the number of people who died of illness in various burial sites that day, he happened to see a maid who died suddenly in the Dun County Prince's Mansion in those two days. It was because of the fever. So according to the previous regulations, please ask the Tenth Master to temporarily restrain the people in the mansion to prevent the spread of the epidemic!"

After hearing this, the sixteenth prince couldn't help but widen his eyes and pointed at Cao Yong, looking like hello: "It's like this! You, you, why do you tell me to say hello?! Even if you go to work as a job, you don't have to be so serious. This is a sudden offending to the starling brother and the others. I'm afraid that in their hearts, you will be brought to the fourth brother and his group!"

Cao Yong remembered the two months of epidemic prevention and whispered: "In one and a half months, a total of 847 people died in the inner city, 1,369 people died in the outer city, a total of 2,216 people! This is already an outer city of the inner city, which is fully prevented and curbed. If the epidemic cannot be curbed, then I dare not think about it... It was so urgent at that time, nearly a hundred people died every day, and I really couldn't remember anything else and could not take care of anything else!"

"More than two thousand people!" The sixteenth prince glanced at Cao Yong, and a little guilt appeared on his face: "I don't know this, and no one mentioned this in Rehe. I can't blame the emperor Ama who is sick in early July, I'm afraid it's because of this!"

Cao Yong shook his head, dispelled the gloom caused by the epidemic in his heart, and said with a smile: "It seems that I have really become a target! I originally thought that I could get some rewards after finally working hard for two months, but I didn't expect it to be so surprising!"

Although Cao Yong smiled, the Sixteenth Prince was already annoyed and slapped the table and said, "Those turtles, in order to curry favor with their respective masters, have their consciences called the dog to eat! Those who are in the Rehe side don't know the inside story, but those in the capital don't know? But in order to erase the achievements of the Fourth Brother, I will use you as a raft first. Humph, it's not a thing!"

Cao Yong didn't say anything. Perhaps this was a good opportunity. There were many people who disliked him, which just allowed Kangxi to consider whether to deport him. However, there was a standard issue. He couldn't completely lose his reliance and put it in place, and then let these bastards slander him in front of Kangxi.

Seeing Cao Yong silent, the sixteenth prince thought he was sad and hurriedly advised, "Where are you in my mind, what are you worried about? Besides, looking at the meaning of Emperor Ama, I seem to know what I mean. When I come back this time, Emperor Ama specially told me to ask me to ask you for information about the Dun Prince's Mansion, and I am afraid that you will be deceived by others and be used as a gun! It seems that Emperor Ama is too worried!"

Although these words were good words, they made Cao Yong shocked. Look at this meaning, Kangxi was also full of guard against the princes who stayed in Beijing, but he didn't know whether it was targeting the third prince or the fourth prince. Then he felt that he was worried again. The Tian family had no flesh and blood, and the third prince thought that he should be a little active. Although the fourth prince was hiding deeply, his age and ability were left here, which would be strange if he could make Kangxi feel at ease.

"Don't worry, those villains will eventually look at the face of Emperor Ama! After tentative twice, I know that if I can't deal with you, I will naturally find someone else to bite you!" The Sixteenth Prince smiled and stood up: "Well, I feel relieved. Although you are not friendly to ordinary people, you are a little too real to acquaintances, and you are afraid that you will suffer losses because of this! Think about it, if the Fourth Brother really has such a scheming, he will not be so bad now! He has done all kinds of hard work, but he can't fall into it at all. I think he will be depressed!"
Chapter completed!