starling is not a bird

Originally, he wanted to take advantage of Kangxi's absence in the capital and plan some things silently, but He Zhuo arrived early every morning, ordered the servant to grind a lot of ink, and was waiting for Babeile to practice calligraphy.

Babeile had no choice but to sigh, plucked his braids, and went to the calligraphy class with heavy steps. Fortunately, He Zhuo consulted an expert and didn't start the boring explanation from the history of calligraphy. He just asked Babeile to write a few pieces of paper, and then commented on it. After a while, another Fatie was selected to let Babeile make the post.

In early spring, there was no brazier in the study room, and there was still some sense of cold spring, and even the ink in the inkstone was stagnant.Whenever Babeile was holding the wolf hair and was still making a post, He Zhuo stood by, holding the pen from time to time, pushing his elbow from time to time, Babeile was annoyed by him, and stared at him once or twice. He didn't seem to notice, and continued on Actions.The eighth elder brother remembered that he spared no effort for himself in his previous life, so he ran back and forth and didn't want to embarrass him in such trivial matters.

Two hours is not too long, but He Zhuo persisted for two hours without saying a word except for the necessary guidance, which really made Babeile feel uncomfortable.Babeile is not very talkative, but thinking that he will be silent for a long time, he had to search for words from his stomach.

: "Where is Mr. He's hometown? How young are you? Is there a marriage?"

It is really boring to have to ask the question again when you know the answer, but Lord Babeile dare not speak to him directly.

: "At this time, if Huang Ama is on a tour to the south, if he brings Lord He with him, I'm afraid it will be a good solution to Lord He's homesickness."

Finally remembered that Huang Ama took Jiang Tingxi with her this time, and because Wang Hao was getting old, she kept He Zhuo to listen to her.I'm afraid this person is unwilling.

Sure enough, some regret appeared on He Zhuo's face: "Since I have the opportunity to serve the king and serve the country and the people, An Neng only cares about his own little family? Don't worry about Lord Belle."

Babeile nodded: "Since ancient times, loyalty and filial piety have been difficult to achieve in life, but a son of man must always be filial. Why don't you bring Gao Tang to the capital to serve him?"

He Zhuo blushed, he was just a member of the inner court, his monthly salary was only a few dozen taels, even the house was rented together with Jiang Tingxi, it was not bad, those foreign officials rarely saw him, how could he have spare money to support Gaotang?Where is it so easy to get into the capital?

How come Babeile doesn't know about his family's situation, so he just wanted to mention something. Naturally, he wanted to help him, but now he brought it up rashly, lest he get suspicious, so he paused for a while and changed the subject.

: "Don't worry, this year is the year of the Dabi, you are very diligent in the inner court, when the time comes to ask the emperor Ama, he will reward you to take the exam, and when you are really lacking, you will take Gaotang to Beijing , wouldn't it be convenient?"

: "Master Xie Belle said auspicious words."

It's not that He Zhuo has never thought about this, but he has only served the emperor for more than a year, so where does he have any credit?Such an opportunity is good or bad, I'm afraid it won't be my turn, there are many people watching in front of me!

He looked up at Babeile again, afraid that he still had some deeper news to reveal, but Babeile had already lowered his head, and started to post again, so the disgruntled He Zhuo had no choice but to swallow the words in his throat.

He lost his pen and asked the boy to clean it up. Babeile let He Zhuo to the front hall to serve a cup of tea. As expected, he was rejected for leaving a meal in hypocrisy. : "Master Baylor has such a high status, how dare he work?"

Babeile said: "Master He is also Xiao Wang's teacher, the king of heaven and earth, master and master, how can there be anything more precious than these in heaven and earth? So what if you give it away?"

Speaking of which, He Zhuo is also worthy of the teacher. For himself, even Jiang Tingxi wanted to win him over for him, but that guy was too cunning and kept silent. He Zhuo made a fool of himself, and almost lost his life at the end of the festival, and his wife was incomplete.I remember that when He Zhuo left Beijing, his beard and hair were half white, and he couldn't take care of himself in the end, how could he take care of this teacher?

Babeile's eyes are a little more sincere, such a rare and loyal person, I must protect him, as for Jiang Tingxi?Babeile sighed, he is not omnipotent, let He Zhuo see clearly in the future by finding a chance!The person he cares about has nothing in his heart other than glory and wealth. No matter how nice you are to him, it is just a ladder for him to pass through the wall.

He Zhuo couldn't resist Babeile, so he followed Babeile awkwardly, and rubbed against the gate. The boy over there had already led the horse over. Seeing them like that, his master followed behind Lord Baylor, carefully maintaining a one-step distance. He only dared to walk along the gravel path next to the right path, with his head lowered, his arms hanging down and his hands clenched tightly. The usually proud master followed behind Lord Baylor, without any momentum at all. Sure enough, the blood of the real dragon is different!It doesn't look like Lord Baylor seeing off his master, but rather like Lord Baylor taking his servants out.

But a servant is not qualified to laugh at his master, so the servant came up obediently, bowed to Lord Baylor, and helped his master to get on the horse, but He Zhuo pushed his hand away and saluted to Babeile: "Master Baylor, hurry up!" Go in, I can't do this."

Babeile wanted to laugh when he looked at his tense appearance. This person is like this. What is in his heart is written on his face before he can say it. He typed it out, which is very good, really.But Babeile just wanted to see him in such a difficult situation, and when he was watching He Zhuo wiping his sweat with a smile, Brother Jiu's galloping horse stopped at the main entrance.

: "What are you doing? Blocking Lord Baylor's door and preventing people from walking?"

Brother Nine has always been as fiery as he was, he reined in the reins, the horse beneath him was breathing hot air from its nostrils, and its front hooves were raised high.

He Zhuo hurriedly led the horse to escape: "I'll go now, I'll go now." Walking to the fence in panic, he forgot to say goodbye to Babeile.

Babeile stepped forward and personally helped Brother Jiu off the horse: "What are you doing here at this hour? Are you here for dinner?"

Ninth elder brother twisted resolutely: "Brother, you just like to run on me, what's wrong with Cengfan? If you don't give me food, I'll forget it if I starve to death!"

Babeile raised his hand to touch the top of Brother Jiu's head, and sure enough, the younger brother has grown taller, and it's hard to touch his head: "How can I be willing to starve you to death? It's just that I didn't prepare anything you like today, I'm afraid you won't be used to it! "

Brother Jiu smiled sweetly, wiped his slightly sweaty palms on his robe, and held Babeile's hand: "Follow brother, whatever you eat is good."

As soon as a few dishes were placed, someone came outside to announce that Elder Brother Ten was coming. Eight Belle stood up to greet him, but Brother Jiu insisted on holding him back: "He is the younger brother, and he is the only one who comes to see us. Is there a reason for us to meet him?"

When the tenth brother came in, he saw his ninth brother was sticking on the starling as if he had no bones. The eighth brother had an embarrassed smile on his face: "Old ten, are you here? We just happen to have dinner together?"

Elder Brother Ten nodded, walked over and lifted Brother Ninth up: "Sit down, don't you look good?" He didn't look at the annoyance on Brother Ninth's face: "Myna, I brought good wine, You try it."

The three of them sat down in order of priority, and Babeile picked up the cup and took a sip: "Sure enough, the taste is long. Come, drink more. While Huang Ama is not in the capital, when he comes back, I won't be able to drink like this again!"

Brother Nine snorted and drank all the wine in his glass: "The people in the Guanglu Temple's Liangying Bureau have complained many times that they don't even have to brew realgar wine for the festival. Drinking wine over there is better than drinking water. .Huang Ama has always only talked about us, His Royal Highness is drinking every night in the palace, why doesn't he care?"

Babeile smiled and didn't answer, but just picked up vegetables for the two younger brothers: "Eat more, it's winter, and I haven't seen you grow better. You can't grow up if you just draw sticks!"

The tenth brother is okay, but the ninth brother doesn't agree, he took Babeile's hand and pressed on his abdomen: "Touch it, touch it, it's all hard meat, why don't I have a big body?"

Babeile just laughed, and tried to draw back his hand, but Brother Jiu didn't let go, pulling and pulling, both of them exerted their strength, and when they were entangled, Brother Ten leaned over and stretched out his hand, holding Brother Jiu's hand Breaking apart: "Eat well, it's rare for me to come here, what's the reason why you occupy mynah?"

The three brothers ate a warm meal, and the ninth elder brother invited the eighth elder brother to play in his village. Before the eighth beile could speak, the tenth elder brother frowned and said: "That kind of place, you are ashamed to invite people Go? Starlings have wives and sons, go to those skinny horses, and ruin their bodies for nothing. Even if people know about it, it’s not good. Trouble you, do you care or not?"

Ninth elder brother was stunned. He had never discussed these things with tenth elder brother. When did he have such an idea?Babeile was also stunned, and immediately laughed: "Our tenth son has finally grown up! Not bad, let's have a drink!"

The elder brothers clinked glasses, and their faces were flushed, the face of the tenth brother was darker, not very obvious, and the pink color on the faces of the ninth elder brother and the eighth beile spread to the back of the ears.

: "Old Ten, you should read more books recently. Hurry up and read the ones you sent last time. I still have something for you. You can spend more time with your family Fujin. You will be busy when Huang Ama comes back." Baylor put down his wine glass, and leisurely asked Brother Shi a few words.

"Why, is Huang Ama going to use troops against Jiangxi?" Brother Jiu's eyes lit up. It turned out that he asked himself to check the Hanmin Collective in Jiangxi to pave the way for the old ten.

Elder Brother Ten straightened his face: "Jiangxi? Is there anything going on there?"

Babeile sighed: "Who said it was Jiangxi? I'm talking about Huguang!"

Both elder brothers were stunned.Brother Nine wondered if the Miao chaos in Guangdong had been resolved last year?Why is something wrong with Huguang again?Elder Brother Ten is thinking that Mynah is asking me to care about Jiangxi?What happened to Huguang?

Babeile's face showed a bit of sternness: "The Miao people in Guangdong lost the battle, so what? The Miao people who have not been appeased change to another mountain and still make trouble. It was the prince's pro-Ama who fought the battle. Who dares to say He didn’t do enough to deal with the aftermath? From the governor to the censor, they laid an ambush for him layer by layer, just wait and see, when Huang Ama comes back, something big will happen.”

The backs of the two elder brothers felt cold, and the alcohol on their faces faded away. They thought to themselves that even the emperor in Guangdong had kept everything secret, how did mynah know?

Babeile snorted softly: "The An family's money sent by the household department was intercepted by the crown prince half before leaving the capital. How do you think the Miao people can feel at ease?"

: "Besides, if there is no Miao chaos, why should the Shi family release one after another nephews into the army! His youngest daughter was just given to fifteen by Huang Ama!" Babeile is not a fool, The bigger the prince's actions, the greater his chances.Such a big flaw, I'm really sorry for not taking advantage of it!

: "Hello, get ready. You should go to at least one of these two places. It would be even better if you can go to both!" Babeile put down his chopsticks and looked at Elder Brother Ten with unprecedented seriousness in his eyes.

Elder Brother Ten was excited, but his tone was still steady: "Brother, I know, I will definitely live up to you!" He raised his glass and drank it down in one gulp!

The crown prince followed Kangxi all the way to Hangzhou, inspected the garrison officers and soldiers, rewarded silver taels, and finally returned. When he arrived in Suzhou, Kangxi summoned the university scholars around him to give a lecture: all officials are noble and clean, and they must be peaceful. good.As a governor, the most important thing is to be quiet and not make trouble.The local governor is quiet and does not cause trouble, which is beneficial to the people.If you only rely on your talents and don't consider your inferiority, and strive to be the first to stand out, the people will suffer.

All the academicians are self-righteous. Kangxi knows that it is useless to talk too much. No one can stop the fame and fortune of officials. This year, there have been frequent civil disturbances in various places.

Ma Qi was sent to offer sacrifices to the tomb of Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty. Kangxi took the crown prince and prepared to return to Beijing. The return journey, which was supposed to be full of flowers, encountered the collapse of Gaojiayan. Fortunately, it is now a dry period, and the water is not strong. Casualties.

Kangxi approved the disaster relief money, and summoned the county magistrate of Baoying, instructing him to choose those who have a slightly higher rank than the county magistrate, and have rich family fortunes. Such people know that they love their wealth and have the hope of being selected, so they will be able to defend with all their strength. .The fourth elder brother advised Kangxi in private that such impure people, even if they are able to do things, will have endless troubles in the future, it is better not to hire them from the beginning.

Kangxi waved his hand, he didn't even have the strength to sigh, what emperor wouldn't want to use a person who is loyal to the country with both ability and political integrity?But everywhere you look, it's all about selfishness and desire!The fourth elder brother is so naive, Kangxi has mixed feelings in his heart, he is a good minister!Confess to the crown prince and drive the fourth elder brother Duoduo. Although such a brother is not cute, he is credible.

The crown prince was taught by Kangxi himself, and his views are similar to Kangxi's. Now that he is letting the fourth elder brother not use it, and offending the emperor, he is not stupid!

The great scholars in Kangxi's team saw that the emperor's father and son were of the same heart, and the prince and his brother got along with each other. They felt relieved and had a direction to please. How difficult is it?

Under such a delicate situation, Jiang Tingxi really became close to the crown prince. One is the future emperor, and the other is the emperor's close minister. Such a good relationship!

Kangxi, who returned to the capital by water, saw his sons talking and laughing at Yan Yan with his ministers. In addition to being relieved, he felt a little more vigilant. The crown prince is fine. What are the four elder brothers and the thirteenth elder brothers doing?No, I want to beat and beat!