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

Chapter 142
At the end of 43 years, it finally passed in peace. Zhang Tingyu and Gu Huaishu were watching the new year, but the fat brother fell asleep directly, and the stars in the winter were also very bright.

In the early morning of the new year, everyone was beaming, and Zhang Tingyu also changed into an official uniform. Standing among the civil servants, Zhou Daoxin gave him a wink.

There was nothing to say to the court, last year's affairs were all dealt with at the end of the year, and no one dared to report the terrible things to the court during the New Year. The emperor only said a few words to everyone and left the court.

Zhang Tingyu and Zhou Daoxin went out for a drink, and seeing Zhang Tingyu finally survived from the Imperial Academy to the court hall, Zhou Daoxin was also happy for Zhang Tingyu.

"The Imperial Academy is under the influence of the eighth elder brother. His people are everywhere, but I don't know which team you belong to?"

Zhou Daoxin asked very straightforwardly, and he really wanted to know what was going on with Zhang Tingyu now.

The original Zhang Ying was very trusted by the emperor, but whether Zhang Tingyu could gain the emperor's trust is still unknown.

Zhang Tingyu just shook his head: "What about you?"

Zhou Daoxin also shook his head.

So the two of them looked at each other and smiled, unexpectedly they were not in line yet.

"Since Suo'etu starved to death in the clan's mansion last year, the crown prince has completely lost his support. This year, the emperor is going to tour the south again. I heard that there are a few elder brothers who will accompany him, and there are many things..."

Every time the southern tour, there is a burst of chaos below.

What does the emperor value?
Govern the river.

Most of the southern tours are to see the river, but every time you can find a lot of this kind of chaos, and there are many problems with corrupt officials, so every time the emperor tours the south, there are many panics below.

It's just that Zhang Tingyu is a little strange: "South tour? Why haven't I heard of it?"

Zhou Daoxin snorted and laughed: "It's true that no one told you that the eunuchs around the emperor reported it, so it should be true."

"Such confidential news can be spread..."

Zhang Tingyu doesn't quite understand. He is currently walking in the South Study Room, but he has only just entered for a while. Li Guangdi occasionally gives him some pointers. What he has to do every day is actually to sort out the files for the emperor, and talk to some people. Depending on the view of the matter, there may be the power to draft an imperial decree for the emperor.

But this is what the emperor meant, and the people under them are only providing opinions and references.

Everyone below was guessing and thinking about what the emperor wanted to do, but they still couldn't figure it out.

The Southern Tour is a big event, although there will be rumors leaking out, some people already know about it before most people know about it, and if this matter really reaches the emperor's ears, it will be a serious matter.

But when it comes to the southern tour, Zhang Tingyu can't help but think of Zhang Ying in Tongcheng.

I haven't seen each other for more than a year, and my father will write letters every once in a while. Naturally, Zhang Tingyu will also write to Tongcheng about the situation here. Occasionally, Zhang Ying will also talk about what he encountered when he was an official. Things, give Zhang Tingyu some reference.

However, Zhang Ying has never said a word on such directional issues as whether to stand in line or not, which side to stand on, or to simply take refuge in the emperor.

Zhang Tingyu thought of his elder brother back then, and his father didn't stop him. People have different choices, and all he can do is remind him when it's time to remind.But after all, Zhang Ying is not an immortal who has counted 500 years and knows 500 years, so what will happen is not what he can predict.

Zhou Daoxin told him about the situation in the court in detail, but when he mentioned the fourth elder brother, he became very strange: "This master assists the crown prince, and he seems to be indifferent. Formed a faction, didn't bribe the scholars of the Hanlin Academy, and didn't come and go with the people below. I heard that I like Buddhism, and I call myself an idler. Everyone says it's nothing special... But I always feel that I don't want to see him..."

They are all confidants, Zhou Daoxin doesn't need to cover up when he speaks.

Zhang Tingyu just laughed: "Is this what you call intuition?"

Zhou Daoxin took a sip of his wine: "Probably."

There was a cup of tea in front of Zhang Tingyu, and he said: "It's getting late, and I'm going back too. Recently, my kid has been talking about visiting your son to play, so I can go for an outing when the weather is good."

"That's fine too."

But left and right are women's affairs, Zhou Daoxin agreed, and walked out of the restaurant with Zhang Tingyu.

The two people lived in different places, and soon separated at the intersection of the street.

Zhang Tingyu was thinking about something, and walked home all the way, but found an unexpected person at the gate of his house.

He was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly stepped forward to salute: "I kowtow to the Lord Long Live, and greet the Lord Long Live."

"Exemption."

It's Chinese New Year, before the Lantern Festival comes out, Kangxi is standing at the gate of the Zhang Mansion.

Surprisingly, there was only San Dezi beside him, and there was no one around him, and he didn't know if the guards were all hiding in the dark.

It's nothing else, the one who celebrates Chinese New Year is not in the palace, but goes out of the palace in micro clothes, what does the emperor think?

Zhang Tingyu suddenly felt dizzy. He got up and looked at Kangxi, only to find that he had been looking at the plaque on the door, which was still the original one: "Recently, I don't like the food in the imperial dining room in the palace. I think of you when I walk. The cook at home, I remember...it seems to be the original troublemaker? It is your wife, Mrs. Gu, and today I am here to beg for a meal. "

"Long live Lord, this..." He subconsciously wanted to refuse, not because of fear, but because Gu Huaishu definitely did not welcome Kangxi.

Grandpa Kangxi held a doughnut bought on the street in his hand, and said: "Are you unwilling to invite me in, or do you think your wife doesn't welcome me in?"

Naturally, Zhang Tingyu couldn't tell the truth, and it was impossible to shut the emperor out, so he could only sigh: "I'm afraid the emperor won't be used to the crude dishes in the mansion."

"With that capable cook in your family, how could it not be delicious? I'm eating, but the egg custard last time was better than the one made by the imperial chef."

With that said, Kangxi walked in.

What an honor it is for the emperor to come to eat at the home of his ministers?
The cook in Zhang Tingyu's family is different from the cooks in other families.

After entering the room, the emperor was invited to sit down. Kangxi looked at the furnishings in the room and said, "It's still the same as before."

"After my father left, the layout of the main room has not changed." Zhang Tingyu knew that the emperor thought of Zhang Ying, but he didn't say anything, because he didn't know what the emperor wanted to do.

Kangxi just remembered the old people, he sighed, and said: "When will your family pass on food?"

Zhang Tingyu didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and said: "I'll post it after noon, but you came so suddenly, so maybe I didn't prepare anything delicious, I just ordered the kitchen to make it."

The kitchen was indeed doing it, and Shi Fang seemed to be silent for a while when he heard that the emperor had come to eat again.

He asked Ade who came to send the message: "What did Madam say?"

"I just said that I still have to cook when the emperor is here, so don't get tired, just make two more dishes and leave it alone."

Ade felt that Master Shi Fang was really tired, but he was quite happy when his wife stopped him when he had the opportunity to go to the palace.About this is a group of strange people, right?

Anyway, Ade didn't understand. After Zhang Luo finished his work here, he went to wait in the main room.

Gu Huaishu was in the room and didn't go out, but seeing that there was no one in the room, he suddenly said, "Where's Fat Brother?"

"Brother Fat is still playing with Brother Lang from the Qian family in the alley, and he should be back soon." Qing Dai just finished speaking when there was a loud shout outside.

"Mother, mother! Look at the vase I made!"

The kid ran back from outside in a hurry, climbed up the corridor steps in two big strides, and was about to run towards Gu Huaixiu's room.

However, he suddenly found that his father was standing in the main room where there was no one. It was a little strange. He stopped and stepped back a few steps backwards. Vase, wondering: "Father, why are you here? Who is this old man?"

old man...

San Dezi stared, how could this kid talk!
"San Dezi, don't scare the child." Kangxi opened his mouth in time, but looked at the fat boy's energy, "Zhang Tingyu, is this your son?"

Zhang Tingyu didn't even have the strength to sigh, and just said: "He is the son of Weichen, and he hasn't been named yet, because he said that he has no name to support him, so he is only called Fat Brother so far."

"Fat brother?" Kangxi was stunned for a moment, then burst out laughing, he beckoned Fatty over, "Good boy, he looks really strong, even stronger than the Manchurian Batulu I saw when I was young! "

Fat guy had never heard of what Batulu was. He only saw that the old man had a beard all over his chin, and he looked very old-fashioned.

His mother said that age is a woman's secret, and people don't like others to say that they are old.

The fat guy thought about it and blinked his eyes: "Father, who is he?"

Zhang Tingyu wanted the fat man to salute Kangxi, but Kangxi waved his hand again and answered the fat man's question: "I... I am old man, old man Huang."

"Oh, old man Huang, you have such a long beard. I heard from my mother that my father should have such a long beard." The fat man looked enviously, and then thought about shaving two of the old man's beard and putting it on his own. What's the scene under Dad's chin.

Kangxi said "oh", but glanced at Zhang Tingyu who was speechless, and asked, "What did your mother say about your father?"

Now because the person in front of him is the emperor, so Zhang Tingyu didn't dare to speak, he just winked at the fat guy, but the fat guy didn't understand, he frowned and looked at Zhang Tingyu: "Father, what's wrong with your eyes? You keep twitching Smoke..."

Well, now Zhang Tingyu's eyes are no longer twitching, but his heart is twitching!

How can there be such a son who can cheat his father?
Why didn't Kangxi know that Zhang Tingyu was definitely trying to wink at Fat Brother?
It's a pity that the child doesn't understand so much, he just smiled and said: "Don't worry about your father, fat brother, tell the old man, what did your mother say about your father?"

Outside, Gu Huaishu heard Fat Brother yelling when he came in, and now he didn't see anyone, so he came out to look for him, but he just stopped in front of the door.

I just heard the fat guy inside say crisply: "My mother said that my father is an old pedant. If Xiaopang Kaimeng can't find the champion in the future, let my father stick a beard. Anyway, he is also an old man. This old man should be Little chubby old man, it’s still okay... Anyway, mother has talked a lot about this old man and that old man..."

One "old gentleman" must be referring to the old gentleman of the Hanlin Academy, and the other is referring to the teacher of Kaimeng.

When Kangxi heard this sentence, he touched his beard and felt old without knowing it.He sighed: "Zhang Tingyu, your kid is still very smart. What is this in your hand?"

The fat guy didn't know Kangxi's identity, looked at the vase in his hand, and said, "I'm going to show off to my mother, so I won't tell you. Mother, mother——eh, mother?!"

There was a "bang" outside, and the clay vase in Fat Brother's hand hit Gu Huaishu's sleeve, and it was dirty at first glance.

Zhang Tingyu and Kangxi walked outside, how could Gu Huaishu hide in time?She could only pretend to be calm and bent over to salute: "My wife greets Lord Long Live."

When Kangxi saw it was her, he laughed, and when he saw her sleeves that had been smashed by a clay bottle, he laughed even harder: "Of course there are little troublemakers to treat the troublemakers. It's interesting, interesting!"

Gu Huaixiu didn't want to hit one place, wishing he could catch the stinky boy and beat him up, and even said to Kangxi with a calm smile on his face, "Long Live Lord just joked."

She is holding her breath, but it's a pity that she doesn't dare?mouth.

It doesn't seem like something about Shi Fang stimulated her at the moment. After all, she is the emperor of a country. Although she looks no different from ordinary people, Gu Huaixiu still feels a little trembling in her heart.

When he came back from snatching the little stone, it was because the matter involved his own rations.

Now facing the emperor's ridicule, she can only shut up in embarrassment.

Only the fat guy didn't know who the old man behind him was at this time, he just looked at the vase made of mud in his hand: "It's crooked..."

His hands were covered with dirt, not to mention his body. Gu Huaishu was about to faint when he saw it: "What the hell are you doing today? You're going to dig up all the soil in other people's gardens. If you do this Is it?"

"No." The fat guy blinked, "Brother Lang is very stingy. They dug up the soil of their house and put it back after playing. They said they were afraid his mother would find out. Our soil won't, I didn’t dig it out at all, mother, don’t worry, I was afraid that they would dig up the soil in my garden, so I didn’t tell them that this is my garden.”

Gu Huaishu nearly fainted...

She didn't want to look at Kangxi's expression anymore, so she just gave the little fat man a hard tug: "Minister women can't teach their children well, and Long Live Lord laughed."

When did Kangxi hear about interesting stories about children in the folk?
He only thought it was funny, but couldn't help but think of his sons when they were young, and only pointed at Gu Huaixiu: "You can go and leave your son to me."

Kangxi also thought the fat guy was interesting, so he just asked the fat guy to come to his side, asked someone to wash his hands and change his clothes, and he actually took the seat.

Not to mention Gu Huaishu, even Zhang Tingyu has nothing to say.

Zhang Tingyu came to the emperor's house after a new year and had a meal with the emperor. How old is his son?

Gu Huaishu said that he is the second generation of officials, but the fat brother must be the third generation of officials!

Thinking about it is also emotional.

During the banquet, there was no such thing as eating, sleeping, or talking. It was rare for Fat Brother to meet such a person who patiently listened to his bragging.

At first, San Dezi was able to stop him, but then he was stopped by the fat guy who blurted out, "You are a hypocrite when watching chess, and you are a villain who just listens and interrupts."

As soon as these words came out, Kangxi was stunned: "Who taught this?"

Zhang Tingyu was eating tremblingly just now, when he heard this sentence, he knew it was going to be bad. Before he could speak, he heard that the little fat man didn't say anything to his mother to cover it up, and said, "My mother said that she played chess with my father." She always loses, and every time she says that the people next to her don't remind her."

"How does this have anything to do with hypocrites?" This logic is also strange.

Lord Kangxi didn't understand this time.

The little fat man was very proud, and secretly hooked his fingers at Kangxi, "Come here, old man Huang, I won't tell my father, we will whisper."

Kangxi glanced at Zhang Tingyu with a half-smile, and obediently put his ear to it.

The fat guy glanced narrowly at Zhang Tingyu, and muttered, "My mother said, those who watch chess at the side know that the player is confused in the game, and if they don't remind them when they make a mistake, they are black-hearted and hypocritical. , so he is a hypocrite! My father is a hypocrite!"

"……This……"

Although this is a fallacy, it is so crooked that it makes some sense.

After this meal, Kangxi was in a good mood. When he left, Kangxi said: "I visited the south in February. I thought your father had been in office for more than a year. Your father and son have never met each other. You will accompany me." Let's go to Jiangnan together. As for Xiaopang, if Zhang Ying wants to see her grandson, she will follow her."

Zhang Tingyu knew that this was the emperor's grace, but thinking about it, why was it so unpleasant?

Anyway, he knelt down and sent Kangxi away again, and then came back with a sigh.

Gu Huaixiu was sitting in the room. Just now when the father and son were having dinner, a letter was delivered outside, with wax on the outside. Gu Huaixiu opened the envelope and was reading the letter. He said, "There are still troubles in the south of the Yangtze River."

"Just right, this time the emperor is going to take us on a southern tour, and he said that even the fat guy can accompany us. Let's make an appointment, and we are still in the honor of our father..."

With the grace given by the emperor, he must meet Zhang Ying this time, and let Zhang Ying meet Zhang Tingyu and Fat Brother by the way.

I just don't know what will happen to this trip to Jiangnan.

Gu Huaishu gently put down the letter paper, but said: "I can't see that Shen Qi loves his son very much. He was talking about the salt gang in Gaoyou, but Luo Xuanwen was about to be discovered, so Shen Qi pulled away. He left, saying that his son had a high fever and he wanted to go back to Yangzhou to see him. He was looking at a cold-blooded person, but he was unexpectedly sympathetic."

Zhang Tingyu was not happy when he heard Gu Huaixiu boasting about his illness, he picked up the letter and glanced at it, "I'm afraid I'll run into him this time...Long Live Lord's southern tour, their Salt Gang shouldn't What went wrong at this time. But it's Shen Yu, Ji concubine took a single seedling from my brother, how could it not hurt? We owe him kindness because we owe him kindness, it's just... this person..."

Every time Zhang Tingyu thought of owing Shen Yang a favor, his heart would be blocked. If he let Shen Yang go once because of favors, he might not be able to calculate the second time.

This person is too shrewd, to be a friend is not at ease, and to be an enemy is too dangerous...

(End of this chapter)