The daily life of the prime minister of the Qing Dynasty, thick black

Chapter 141 The Way of Being an Official
Suo'etu fell, Zhang Yingzhi left the court, Prince Yu Fuquan was seriously ill, and there were many vacancies in the entire court-China situation in an instant.

Some people are eager to plug people in, fill up these vacancies, occupy them, and maybe they will be able to take the lead in the new wave.

How many people looked at Zhang Tingyu, dormant and forward again and again, the brilliance was dazzling and then extinguished instantly.This time, he came out as the first in the imperial examination, but it was accompanied by the retirement of his guide in the officialdom, that is, his old father, and even his elder brother died of illness.Now there are only three of the four brothers of the Zhang family. The original Zhang Tingzan's talent has been affirmed by everyone. Suddenly, the successor of this family is replaced by Zhang Tingyu, and everyone in the court is not used to it.

Fortunately, this kid is still on duty at the Imperial Academy, so it doesn't deserve too much attention.

After all, not everyone can be like that old fox Zhang Ying. Without the support of his father and brother, this Tingyu doesn't know where he can go?
Most of the Hanlin in the Hanlin Academy have joined the party one after another. Mingzhu organized the eldest brother's people to slander the prince everywhere, saying that the prince's conduct is bad; correspondingly, the prince's people also spread rumors in the Hanlin Academy, saying that Brother how incompetent.

But the really smart ones should be regarded as the eighth elder brother, who just wins people over. From time to time, he talks about how talented the eighth elder brother is among the scholars, and he is immediately praised as the "Eight Wise King".

Comparing the methods of these three companies, Zhang Tingyu also found it very interesting to think about it.

At this time, the prince and elder brother may not have noticed this situation, but by the time they noticed it was already too late.

A group of people said that the prince is not good, and that the elder brother is not good, but when they slander each other, another group of people say that the eighth elder brother is good everywhere. It is very interesting to compare the two.

After the imperial examination in April, Zhang Tingyu basically took care of family affairs at home in May, and the turmoil of Suo'etu's party did not implicate him at all.

This mansion was bestowed by the emperor, and it was licensed to Zhang Ying in the inner city for Zhang Ying's family to live in. Zhang Ying begged to retire and resigned. According to the rules, the mansion had to be returned to the emperor, but the emperor gave Zhang Tingyu an errand in May, and then The current Zhang Mansion where Zhang Ying lived was given to Zhang Tingyu.

So now, the owner of the entire Zhang Mansion has become Zhang Tingyu, so he packed up all kinds of utensils, changed the main room, and lined up the five rooms including the main room.

All the previous decorations have been changed, and the newly replaced things are not so familiar, Gu Huaishu took a look, and thought that the day is finally going smoothly.

"Why didn't you see brother today?"

Gu Huaishu moved the vase on the table again, and then stopped to look at it. The old mansion was replaced by a new owner. From now on, she will be the head of the house, because the owner of this mansion is Zhang Tingyu , instead of Zhang Ying, the hostess here is not Zhang Ying's wife, but Zhang Tingyu's wife.

When Qing Dai heard that Gu Huaixiu asked about this matter, she burst out laughing immediately: "Didn't she go out of the house to play with Miss Lang Geerlin of the Qian family? They all look refined."

People can be seen from here to the east, Gu Huaishu went around the door, and only saw a few fat guys squatting at the corner door playing marbles, and there were a few servants watching secretly, afraid that something would happen. what's up.

Fat brother had just recovered from his injury, so he couldn't help running out to play. Gu Huaishu was inevitably worried, so he stood by the door and watched when he came out.

She sighed: "He's too playful, but it's good that he can play. At the age of five, he should find a great Confucian to enlighten him, but his father is the number one scholar, who else can he find to enlighten him... Again, he must be a great scholar Only the number one scholar can open Meng. But Kai Meng is not in a hurry, and when he has had enough fun and wants to learn, that will be really good."

Saying that, Gu Huaishu was about to turn around and leave, but a woman also came out from the side door of Qianqian Mansion over there, looking at the group of children with a headache, but she saw Gu Huai in a blink of an eye Sleeve, as soon as he changed his mind, he walked towards Gu Huaixiu.

When Gu Huaishu saw the woman's attire, she knew that she should be the wife of the Qian family. She smiled: "This is the wife of Qian Xiubian, Tan Hualang of Jinke."

Qian Pan was startled, firstly because she saw that Gu Huaixiu was really like the legend, and secondly because she didn't expect her to be so easy-going and reveal her identity in one go.Qian Pan bowed respectfully: "My concubine, Qian Pan, I have met Mrs. Zhang Er here. Madam, you are polite. How can my husband compare with Zhang Dianzhuan? You are making fun of me."

That day, when Qian Mingshi came back, he told Mrs. Pan that the person who was having fun with his son outside was Mrs. Zhang Ying's beloved grandson, the son of Zhang Tingyu, the former number one scholar.Only then did Mrs. Pan recall that she felt familiar with Lin's handkerchief. She once saw a lady using it at a banquet at Mrs. Zhou Daoxin's Mrs. Li's house, but she didn't see her face. Her whole body was so imposing, she unexpectedly turned out to be Zhang Tingyu's wife.

Mrs. Pan didn't dare to offend her, so she only glanced at the children who were playing wildly over there, "The children are all very playful, I wonder if your son has ever been enlightened?"

"It's only five years old, don't rush to learn it, let's talk about it when he wants to learn." Gu Huaishu still used the same rhetoric.

I'm afraid I'm a little surprised, four or five years old should be enlightened, and now her brother Lang is also at this age, and wants to invite a gentleman to preside over the enlightenment. Pan's plan is that her husband is a Tanhua, if Kaimeng can invite him A number one scholar, isn't it also very good?

That's why she opened the mouth today, and tentatively said: "My family's brother Lang is about to become enlightened, but my husband is Tanhua Lang, and my son Kaimeng should find a great Confucian, but I don't know...whether Mr. Zhang..."

"Old Mr. Zhang" refers to Zhang Tingyu, Gu Huaishu can still understand, but she has to pretend to be confused, cast a handkerchief to look at the children over there, and said: "My husband just picked up the Long Live Lord's side." I'm afraid I don't have time for an urgent errand. It's getting late today and there are many things to do in my residence. I can't get away. I'll invite Mrs. Qian to visit the residence another day, and I'll go back here first."

Facing Gu Huaixiu's smiling eyes, Pan actually forgot what he said later, bid farewell to Gu Huaixiu and walked back, only to realize that he was presumptuous just now.

Enlightenment is not a trivial matter, if Zhang Tingyu agrees to enlighten Lang Geer, what is the relationship between Qian Mingshi and Zhang Tingyu?
Before all this was clarified, Pan just opened her mouth casually, originally intending to flatter her, but she didn't want to put her hot face on someone's cold ass.In the end, the Zhang family is superior, so they may not be willing to make friends with them.

Pan's heart was gloomy, she dragged Lang Ge'er into the door, scolded sister Lin, and asked her servant girl to take sister Lin away.

There are only a few children from other families and the fat guy left here. Originally, the fat guy was planning to continue playing, but now there are not many people left, so he immediately pouted: "It's really disappointing..."

"Brother Lang is so fierce..."

"Yeah, it's fierce."

"My mother will sew clothes for me."

"My mother will comb my hair."

"My mother will buy me gadgets..."

"..."

"How about you, little fat?"

The little fat man squatted on the ground, looked at the sky and thought for a while, "My mother..."

"How is your mother?"

"Could it be that father doesn't love mother and doesn't love him?"

The little fat man glanced at the man, thought hard, and finally scratched the back of his head, finally came up with an answer: "My mother is beautiful."

Many friends fell to the ground laughing at once, the fat guy is simply...

The little fat man snorted and threw the clay marble on the ground, "It's getting late, I'm going back to eat, I'm too lazy to tell you..."

After finishing speaking, he turned around and ran back, and everyone ignored him. From their point of view, there is a corner door next to this mansion. If the fat brother is a child of this family, he should enter through this door. They walk in exchange every day. location, so I don't know which one it is.

The fat guy slipped in through the side door in front and ran all the way to the courtyard of the second bedroom. Later, he realized that he had moved, so he hurriedly changed another way and continued running. After entering the door, he hugged his mother's thigh: "Mom, what can you do? My little friends all said that their mothers can do anything, but I think about it carefully, you don't know anything..."

Gu Huaixiu's eyes darkened, and he just stared at him: "Nonsense! Next time, tell your little friends that your mother is gentle and gentle, and that female red embroidery, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting are all good!"

"...Really?"

The fat guy looked at his mother suspiciously, then rubbed his face against his mother's hand, and stuck out his tongue, "My son can't think of any good things about you, so I can only say that my mother is pretty..."

Upon hearing this, Gu Huaixiu almost fell to the ground. What did she do wrong in her life to give birth to such a monstrous son!
She cruelly pulled a piece of flesh from Fatty's face, and said: "Little Fatty, remember to praise your mother next time, you can't just praise your face, you know?!"

The fat brother quickly covered his face and begged for mercy: "But Xiaopang really doesn't know what mother will do!"

"……What can you do……"

Gu Huaixiu let go of his hands, and rubbed his son like dough. Seeing that his face was wrinkled by himself, he said, "Your mother, I have a lot of eyes..."

Before he finished speaking, the fat guy continued, "What kind of eyes are the eyes of the heart?"

"...It's a bad eye."

Gu Huaishu originally wanted to explain in detail, but when he thought about it later, he knew nothing but scheming people, using rules to suppress people, and few of the things he did could be called good deeds...

She felt bored for a while, so she let her son go, and said: "Anyway, next time you can boast to outsiders casually, you must know that you are my son, and in our family, you must turn your elbows in to protect your shortcomings, understand? "

"The son will say next time that my mother can cook, wash clothes, make clothes, make shoes, read, write, play the piano and play chess..."

The little fat man said while wagging his fingers, and finally said: "I will still sleep with my father."

Originally, Gu Huaishu had already been filled with ecstasy soup by the little fat man, and went to drink water contentedly, but suddenly he heard a muffled thunder he placed behind him, and he was choked by the explosion. When the little fat man saw his mother like this, he quickly shrank his neck He ran out in a hurry.

"Fatty man! Stop! Who taught you!"

She directly threw the fan next to her towards the door, who would have thought that Zhang Tingyu would just come over from outside, if he hadn't reacted quickly, he would have been hit by the fan right now, hitting him to the end.

Zhang Tingyu clamped the round fan at once, and came in with a frown: "What's wrong with the little fat man?"

"He..." Gu Huai didn't hesitate to say anything about Fat Brother Cai just now, and then looked at Zhang Tingyu, "Could it be you who said it?"

Zhang Tingyu was dressed plainly, but smiled slightly and said, "What does it have to do with me?"

It was probably because the kid often came over in the middle of the night to tuck in the quilt, and when Zhang Tingyu slipped him out, he always had to teach him a few words, so he remembered it?

Zhang Tingyu put a booklet on the table, and said only one sentence: "I have an errand to do, and the first one is to write a book for the emperor..."

Gu Huaixiu didn't shy away from it, took a look at the booklet, and it turned out to be "Personal Expedition to Pingding Shuobei Strategy".

After the signing of the "Treaty of Nerchinsk", Kangxi personally conquered Galdan three times, and finally put down the rebellion, which was one of Kangxi's great achievements during his reign.

But how to write this book?
Zhang Tingyu crossed his hands and fingers: "The emperor is testing me. After finishing the writing, he will give me a ladder to climb up. If the writing is not good, I will not even have the chance to catch up with my father and elder brother. "

How should one write about the achievements of the emperor?
Zhang Tingyu wrote this for a year. He said to Gu Huaishu: "When you are an official, sometimes you still have to flatter and flatter, but the flattery should not be too much. If it is too much, it will be false. True and false, first demote and then praise... ..."

I have to say that Zhang Tingyu is very courageous.

The emperor ordered him to write a book in May of the 42nd year of Kangxi. Zhang Tingyu went to the Imperial Academy every day as usual, but Gu Huaishu did not see him write a single word.

"Why haven't you written a book yet?"

"No rush, no rush, but all masterpieces are painstakingly written, and it's not good to come out too early."

"Are you writing a book today?"

"Don't be in a hurry, let's go fishing with our chubby today, it's rare to take a rest."

"It's been a year, and you still don't write?"

"Let's talk about it when spring begins."

"It's already summer..."

"Oh, let me figure it out, I can almost start writing."

So Zhang Tingyu finally started writing a book lazily. Who doesn't think this job is difficult for outsiders?

It is not uncommon for such a book to be written for two or three years.

Zhang Tingyu wrote from May to August in the 43rd year of Kangxi, and then became a book.

He handed a stack of manuscripts to Gu Huaishu, "If you don't succeed, you will succeed."

Gu Huai flipped his sleeves and his face changed slightly.

Kangxi Yujia personally conquered Galdan three times. If he succeeded the first time, there would be no subsequent two times.

The first time and the second time are both failures, so there must be something wrong with the failure. Ordinary people writing books, I am afraid that they will have a headache about how to deal with the failure of Russia and Japan this time.

Zhang Tingyu didn't know how many hairs were broken.However, in the finished manuscript, he carefully analyzed the reasons for the first and second defeats. In addition to the unfavorable terrain, Kangxi suffered from illness and morale was damaged, Prince Yu Fuquan was seriously ill, and other reasons were superimposed.In fact, it is not entirely objective, because he took care of Kangxi's majesty as the emperor.

As for the last victory, it is naturally full of praise. After all, this book does not make people feel uncomfortable.

Zhang Tingyu gently put a pole of lake pen in his hand into the pen holder, and said with a smile: "The knowledge of writing books is not only to make the emperor happy, but also to let the emperor see the ability of the book writer. It seems to be singing praises, but in fact it is an examination and proofreading of state affairs What do you think about my book? What does Long Live Lord think?"

What do you think?
The letter was handed in in August, but the emperor did not respond, nor did he respond in September, there was no movement in October, and there was no response in November. Zhang Tingyu has been doing dispensable things in the Imperial Academy.

They waited until the beginning of December, when a young eunuch suddenly came to the palace, and went to his duty room to announce: "The emperor has a decree, to announce that you will meet him in Changchun Garden."

When Zhang Tingyu came back that day, Gu Huaishu couldn't see his expression clearly: "Is this good or not?"

Zhang Tingyu said: "I don't know yet. The old man took me to watch the scenery in Changchun Garden, and then had a meal..."

"No more?" Gu Huaishu was surprised.

Zhang Tingyu nodded: "No more."

However, both the husband and wife felt something unusual. Kangxi didn't say whether the writing was good or not, but just asked Zhang Tingyu to accompany him for a day in Changchun Garden, which is strange enough.

As a result, at the second meeting, all civil and military officials were stunned.

Kangxi passed on Zhang Tingyu's "Personal Expedition and Appraisal of Shuobei Strategy" to all the ministers, and praised Zhang Tingyu greatly. He said in words that Zhang Tingyu had worked hard and diligently for [-] months, and this book is now available...

Anyway, Zhang Tingyu has become a representative of conscientiousness, hard work, knowledge and insights...

Kangxi granted Zhang Tingyu "walking in the South Study Room" in front of the civil and military courts of the Manchu Dynasty, and bestowed four grades?Dai, rewarded two big oriental beads and a piece of "Fu" written by the imperial court, and said: "Have a good year."

Have a good year.

Returning home with the Dadongzhu and the word "Fu" rewarded by the emperor, can it be a good year?
All the old officials who were not optimistic about Zhang Tingyu at the beginning lost their eyes in shock. How long did it take Zhang Ying to get the title of "Walking in the South Study Room"?Now that his son just wrote this book, he actually entered the South Study Room directly? !

How many people gave up trying to win Zhang Tingyu because they didn't like him, and now this one is simply...

Continuing the style of "If you don't make a song, you're done!"

Li Guangdi burst out laughing when he left the hall, "Old Zhang Ying has successors, there are successors!"

After finishing speaking, he waved his sleeves and left. Many people wanted to throw bricks at him!

At this moment, it is difficult to win over Zhang Tingyu again.

The first time I came out of the Hanlin Academy, I sat in the fourth-rank position, the South Study Room. This starting point is so high that people feel tired even looking up their necks!

When Gu Huaishu saw him coming back with something in his hands, his eyes were strange.

Zhang Tingyu said: "It took a year and three months to write a book, and I am so tired that my hair has gray hair..."

Gu Huaishu had the urge to press the stove on his face to him!
"If I remember correctly, the emperor praised you for working hard for one year and three months, but in fact you..."

I have been writing for three months, and I still write for an hour before sunset every day, and I refuse to write when the sun goes down...

Kangxi is really blind to praise him!
Pack!
It's shameless not to be an official!
As far as this easy job for him is concerned, Kangxi praised him like a flower!
Gu Huaishu thought about it carefully, and felt that this person was treacherous and cunning, and he was much more transparent than his old man Zhang Ying.

Zhang Tingyu took that lapis lazuli?Zhu's one-eyed flower feather?Dai, clasped it on Gu Huaixiu's head, saw her squinting at him, and only smiled: "As an official, let your boss know that you are capable, loyal, and willing to work hard. He thinks you are not hardworking." , why give you a sweet taste?"

(End of this chapter)