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

Chapter 215 Return to Beijing Day

It is almost a miracle that Mrs. Chen can survive for these few years. At the beginning, no doctor would have thought of it, right?
It's just that after seeing Yinzhen and asking about the situation that day, she seemed to be captured by something, or she couldn't bear it, or maybe she had made a big wish, and she struggled like this for more than a month. I don't know whether I have accepted my fate, or I am not reconciled...

Anyway, that's it.

I was busy with Chen's funeral for a while, and finally buried her next to Zhang Tingzan's tomb, and there were new tombs in the Zhang family's ancestral tomb in Longmian Mountain.

This year's Chinese New Year is another bleak scene. Neither Qiao nor Peng thought that things would develop like this, and they were silent for a while.

The beginning of spring came very quickly, and the weather was smooth this year, and there were no other mistakes. The county magistrate of Tongcheng, Wang Yan, also issued a transfer order, saying that although there were mistakes, the merits and demerits should be balanced. Be an example.Wang Yan thought that Zhang Tingyu had gone to the court to speak well, so he came to bribe Zhang Tingyu, saying that he was grateful for Zhang Tingyu's kind words.

It's a pity that Zhang Tingyu was away from the mansion most of the time, and finally came back to stay for a while. To see such a disappointment like Wang Yan, he just asked someone to drive Wang Yan out with a stick, and he didn't expect to see him at all.

Zhang Tingyu's filial piety period will expire at the end of this year, and he will return to the capital. Naturally, many people want to take advantage of this opportunity to curry favor.

If you talk to one Wang Yan, there are hundreds of Wang Yan waiting behind.

Zhang Buxiang can walk on her own now, and is still very flexible. She has been a cute ball of Yuxue since she was a child, not to mention how cute she is when she squints her eyes and smiles.But on New Year's Eve, although I can go, most of the time I ask his mother to feed me, and I don't bother to move.Every time Zhang Ruoai came to tease her younger siblings, she always felt that New Year's Eve was a different self. He also grew sideways when he was a child!
Originally born of twins, Sister Xiang and Brother Lin have similar facial features, but Zhang Ruolin's laziness has turned into a different appearance.

Every time Gu Huaishu saw the comparison between the twins, he wanted to sigh heavily.

"Mother... why are you sighing? Is it because you are not good on New Year's Eve?"

Brother Lin was lying on the chess table, playing backgammon with his brother Zhang Ruoai on the Go board, and occasionally looked up to see his mother looking at him with that helpless look, a little confused.

Now that she has lost weight completely, Zhang Ruoai, who looks like a handsome young man, just smiled: "If you go out and walk around every day, Mom won't worry."

Zhang Buxiang just came in after picking lotus flowers outside, and ran to Gu Huaishu: "Mother, don't talk to my second brother, he is hopeless, quickly look at the flowers Bu Xiang picked."

Gu Huaixiu pursed his lips and smiled, and took the flowers picked by Zhengyue, but he was too lazy to expose her.

Zhang Buxiang was wearing a pink-blue shirt, with apricot eyes and cherry lips, the shape of a little beauty, with a sweet mouth, very flattering.

It's just that it's unlikely that she picked the flowers, most likely Shi Fang pulled the lotus leaves outside to make porridge and handed them to her.

"Little girl is so good."

Gu Huaishu picked her up, sat on his lap, and watched Zhang Ruoai and Zhang Ruolin playing chess in front of him.

"I'll go down too..."

Zhang Buxiang pursed his lips and looked at Zhang Ruoai, Zhang Ruoai was the boss of the family after all, seeing his sister looking at him like this, he just put the pawn away and said, "Don't look at me!"

"Shame, shame!" Zhang Buxiang directly made a face for Zhang Ruoai, with a look of disdain.

Gu Huaishu became curious: "Brother Ai, why are you angry with your sister?"

"Hee hee...Mother, my elder brother taught me to play backgammon, but he lost, and it didn't count if he lost once. He said that Buxiang cheated, and then he played again, lost again, and played again , I still lost..." Spreading his hands helplessly, Zhang Buxiang looked like a little adult, who hates iron but not steel, "Tell me, my brother has studied with you for so many years, why is he not as good as a four-year-old me?" How about a child?"

Zhang Ruoai blushed, knocked on the chessboard with a chess piece, gritted her teeth and said, "Go ahead!"

When he looked back, he suddenly saw brother Lin's suspicious eyes again, and suddenly felt that life was too dark.

Brother Lin looked at him: "Brother, have you ever lost to that stinky girl?"

"Who is a stinky girl, who are you scolding!" Zhang Buxiang immediately jumped out of Gu Huaishou's arms, and rushed over to pinch Brother Lin, "Second Brother Fat, Second Brother Fat, just because he was born earlier than me An hour, or I will definitely let you call me sister!"

Brother Lin stuck out his tongue unhurriedly, doing everything like an old cow pulling a broken cart. At this time, Sister Xiang put her hands on his neck, and he made that grimace, and then slowly Said: "The stinky girl scolded me..."

Gu Huaishu laughed so hard that he couldn't straighten up, just as sisters Hui, Brother Xu, and sister Xue were coming outside, Gu Huaishu hurriedly told these little guys to sit down, and brought out pastries for them to eat.

Sister Hui has reached the age when she is about to leave the pavilion, and she looks a little shy, but it has been a year since the Chen family left, and Sister Hui still has to keep her filial piety.

She was born by Aunt Feng back then, but was raised by Mrs. Chen. Although she didn't say that she was in pain like her own daughter, after all Mrs. Chen had no children under her knees and treated her very well.Sister Hui is the only blood left by Zhang Tingzan. Although she is a concubine, she always dresses and eats as if she was a concubine.

Gu Huaishu went over to hold her hand, only told her some funny things, and asked her if she wanted to play chess. Sister Hui learned both poetry and books, but she was not very smart, she only knew a thing or two, and she was only good at Go. It's a little familiar, but I don't want to play backgammon.

She said: "Auntie, don't worry about it, I just watch them play."

There are several children in this room, sister Hui is the oldest, the eldest among the sisters, followed by Zhang Buxiang and Zhang Yixue, one is the daughter of Gu Huaixiu, the other is the daughter of the fourth-bedroom Peng's; among the boys, Zhang Ruoting should have He was the oldest, but it was a pity that he died when he was young; Brother Ai was the second, Brother Lin was the third, and Brother Xing, who lived in the third room, was the fourth.Calculated in this way, there are already six children, and they can play with each other, at least at this time there is no gap and conflict.

Gu Huaishu just looked at it like this, and suddenly he understood the feeling of being full of children and grandchildren.

Brother Ai is already twelve this year, and will get married in a few years, but he doesn't know which girl he will fall in love with.

Gradually, the trivial matters of the family began to rise again.

Once this year's filial piety period is over, leisure time will follow.

The days passed from winter to summer, and in the blink of an eye, it was mid-November, and the family finally got rid of filial piety, and it turned out to be 50 years since Kangxi.

The crown prince is still in the court, so there is not much news there, and it will take three or four months to go back and forth, Zhang Tingyu too?Mostly they know what is going on at the court.

Originally, he planned to celebrate the new year with his brothers in the family and then set off to return to Beijing. Unexpectedly, in October, Kangxi in the capital had issued an imperial decree to Zhang Tingyu, and in November, Zhang Tingyu was ordered to go to Beijing as soon as his filial piety was over.As a result, Zhang Tingyu could only pack up his things in a hurry, and went to Beijing with Gu Huaixiu and others.

Zhang Tinglu and Zhang Tingyu still stayed here, sister Hui also stayed at home, and the marriage was taken care of by the brothers and daughter-in-law.

After Gu Huaishu explained everything at home, he was ready to leave.

In winter, I have to take a horse-drawn carriage to Beijing by land. The journey will not be very fast, and I should arrive in Beijing just around the end of the year.

But before he left, a carriage stopped outside the gate of the mansion, and it was Shen Qu who came. He had been sick from time to time in the past two years, but he didn't hurt his life anyway.

He came in through people, but he was surprised to see how busy the mansion was.

Zhang Tingyu was looking at the calligraphy and painting hanging in the middle hall, with his hands behind his back, and when he heard someone bring Shen Qu in, he turned his head and glanced.

Because of his busy business, Shen Che didn't come to class all the time. He was very smart. He memorized the books that others memorized in a year. It is said that he could not forget the books, but he had a good temper and another serious illness. .Coming in now, I respect Zhang Tingyu and salute him: "Student greets Mr. Zhang, but I don't know that Mr. is..."

Zhang Tingyu said: "The emperor ordered to go to Beijing this year, there is no delay, I'm afraid I won't have the chance to give you a lecture."

Shen Qu was taken aback, and then smiled lightly: "It's a blessing to be taught by Mr., how dare you expect to be able to give lectures every day? Fortunately, I still catch up, and I can give Mr. a gift."

Zhang Tingyu sighed, thinking about the things in the capital, it was still nerve-wracking after all.

But that's where the real fame and fortune are located...

He glanced at Shen Qu and said, "Is your father not here this time?"

"Uncle Zhong Heng came with me, my father seems to have other things to deal with."

Shen Qu used the word "seems", which meant that he didn't know what Shen Qi was doing.

The letter from "Luo Xuanwen" has not been broken in the past few years, how can Zhang Tingyu not know what Shen Chao is doing?
It's just that he looked at Shen Qu, the word "seems" is really intriguing, does Shen Qu know what Shen Chao did?

"Your father's tea, rice and cloth business is now in your hands. He only has business with the salt merchants. It's not a month for salt sales recently. What's the fuss about?" Zhang Tingyu seemed unintentional. Say something.

Shen Qu gently hooked the bridge of his nose with his fingers, and said with a low smile, "Maybe I'm looking for a beautiful girl for my students..."

"..."

Zhang Tingyu fell silent suddenly.

After careful calculation, Shen Che is fifteen years old this year, which seems to be approaching that age.

After Shen Qu finished speaking, he didn't hear Zhang Tingyu's words, but felt strange: "What's wrong, sir?"

"It's nothing... I just remembered that your father didn't have a regular wife, but it wasn't that you married a wife first, or..." Zhang Tingyu didn't say anything, just looked at Shen Qu.

"It's all because of my father's busywork. How hard is it for An De to be a romantic in this world?"

Shen Qu himself didn't care much about this matter, there was a transparent aura in his brows and eyes, and he also had a somewhat cynical smile.

In fact, Shen Qi often went to and from Yanliu Lane, following Shen Qi, but Shen Qi didn't like letting him touch women, and Shen Qu himself didn't like it either. It was too early for him to marry a wife, and Shen Qi was just messing around. It's endless, and I can't persuade it.He always said, how good is it to arrange things first and get married as soon as the age comes?
However, a person who has not yet married a wife seems not qualified to tell Shen Qu this.

Shen Qu, the son, was also thinking about when he would marry his father.

The day Zhang Tingyu set was to leave tomorrow. Seeing that it was not early, he said: "It will not be so convenient when you arrive in the capital, but if you have any doubts about learning, please write to me at any time. I will reply when I see you. It's just the capital city." It’s inconvenient to come and go in the south of the Yangtze River, but your father hired other gentlemen for you, so it’s always good to be ashamed to ask. With your intelligence and intelligence, you can be called a genius all the way through the imperial examination, have you ever thought about becoming an official?”

"Join an official?"

Shen Qu shook his head, feeling that Zhang Tingyu was a little strange.

"Working in the form of documents, like Mr. Zhang, he has worked hard for many years, but he is only in the position of a minister. There is no difference between businessmen, officials, scholars, farmers, businessmen, and businessmen. I used to think that Mr. Zhang's knowledge is far beyond ordinary people. I don’t want to be left behind.”

"You may be the first one who dares to criticize your husband like this. Aren't you afraid that I will have someone beat you out?" Zhang Tingyu laughed coldly.

Shen Qu didn't change his face: "Mr. is not happy. He beat the students out. The way of teachers and students is understandable."

"Who taught you those words?"

Zhang Tingyu brought the teacup, but asked this question.

Shen Qudao: "Mr. is the same as saying, knowledge and action are united. Why should people teach the truth? They are all raised by their parents, so why should they be divided into high and low, slaves serve the emperor, it's boring..."

At this time, Zhang Tingyu suddenly wanted to see if there was the emperor's eyeliner by his side, "If you had told someone else, the head would have fallen to the ground by now."

"That's why I only say this to my husband, and no one else dares to say it."

In fact, Zhang Tingyu mentioned becoming an official, and Shen Qu suddenly thought so.

Shen Chi's health was not good since he was a child, but when he followed Shen Qi around the south of the Yangtze River and invited doctors to see a doctor, he met many people.

He is used to the coldness of the world, and his vision and thoughts are always different from those of ordinary people, but there are many things that don't need to be said.

"Sir, you may not be happy if you are a high-ranking official and rich salary, and my father may not be happy when he is rich. Whether it is an official or a businessman, it is possible that life must be full of joy, but sir and my father are facing each other with gold... It is sad and lamentable."

Saying that, Shen Qi actually laughed.

Zhang Tingyu had never seen the kind of understanding of Zen in his eyes.The world inflicts suffering on him, but he returns to the world in a nonchalant manner. Life is life, but it is actually much easier than them...

Loyalty, foolishness and virtuousness are the way of being an official.

Shen Qu was right, unless Zhang Tingyu seeks to usurp the throne, Ji Jiying will be nothing more than an "official" for the rest of his life, with two official characters and a cap on it, he is actually the power of the emperor.

At this moment, Zhang Tingyu thought far away, and when he came back to his senses, Shen Che was looking at him.

He smiled slightly: "So are you going to start business with your father?"

"When the moon is full, it loses, when the water is full, it overflows, and when it is full, it will decline..."

Shen Che lowered his head, touched the little abacus hanging on his waist, but said: "My father's business won't last long, as for Shen Che, let's take a step at a time."

It's just a 15-year-old boy, and his words are too old.

It took Zhang Tingyu a long time before he said: "Your father has raised a good son...I really envy him..."

"...Why do I feel that this doesn't look like envy in Mr.'s eyes?"

Shen Qu had good eyesight, looked at Zhang Tingyu, and couldn't help joking.

That's just the way he is.

Zhang Tingyu thought for a while, took off a topaz pendant from his waist, and handed it to Shen Chao: "Your father was kind to me in the past, if he is in trouble in the future, you can bring your own jade pendant and ask someone to give it to me...you can do it yourself. "

Shen Qu took a look, took the topaz pendant, handed it back after a long time, bent his lips and smiled: "Sir, if my father is in trouble, it must not be an ordinary person who can save him."

Once in trouble, it must be destroyed?disaster.

Shen Chao knew it very well, and the people around him knew it well, did Zhang Tingyu save others?Most of them can be rescued urgently, but they cannot save their lives.

Some people are born, but to die.

Shen Qu seemed to want to cry, but he didn't.

Zhang Tingyu looked at him for a long time, took the pendant, and put it in his hand for a long time, but said: "That one is for you, it should be a gift from the master."

This time, Shen Qu accepted it, thanked him with a bow, and said: "It's getting late, Uncle Zhong is still waiting for Shen Qu outside, so I'm leaving here."

"Go."

Zhang Tingyu stood in the hall with his hands behind his back, watching Shen take out from a distance, in the twilight, he turned back and put down the teacup, but he didn't take a sip.

When Gu Huaishu came over, he saw Shen Qu going out, and Shen Qu also saw her, so he hurried over to say hello: "Shen Qu greets Master."

"Get up, did you just come back from your husband?"

Gu Huaixiu saw that Shen Che was getting taller now, and was only half a head shorter than Gu Huaixiu. He also lamented that the child grew up so fast. Brother Ai is also tall and strong now, looking at Yushu Linfeng.

Shen Chiu has a very good complexion, Zhang Wangxian's appearance is not bad, and Shen Qu is naturally a suave and suave character.

It's just that Gu Huaixiu likes him because of his temper.

Shen Qu glanced at the location of the gate of the mansion, and only replied: "I just came here from my husband. I didn't expect that my husband will leave here just before the New Year, so I'm afraid it's a waste of time. This time, my wife will also go to Beijing with me, right?" "

"Of course I'm going. Don't neglect your studies in Jiangnan, and don't go in and out of fireworks and willow lanes with your father..." Gu Huaishu said, feeling like he was preaching, so he shut up and changed his voice, "That's all , you go, it's getting late, I heard from Ade that Zhong Heng is waiting for you outside."

"Uncle Zhong has always been waiting, so there is no rush." ​​Shen Qu suddenly smiled, "Students, take a second look. When the teacher leaves, there will be no place to feast your eyes."

Gu Huaishu couldn't bear to see his frivolous look: "I've been following your husband for so many years, why haven't you learned how calm he is?"

"It's self-sufficient, it's just that the teacher hasn't seen it, it's not that there is no need, and naturally there is no need to learn." Shen took the fan with his fingers, raised his black and white eyes, and said, "But it's not good to see the teacher too much, follow behind My father has the same eyes? If you don’t marry a wife, you will be unlucky.”

Gu Huaixiu's smile finally subsided: "If you behave in the same way as you do business with people, maybe it will be much better."

Shen Qu also grew up by watching, but sometimes he speaks very straightforwardly, and sometimes he is very thought-provoking, and his ability to tease people is really not bad at all.

Hearing his teacher's wife's words, Shen Qu finally smiled and said: "The body is not close, let alone the long things outside the body; the earth is also illusion, let alone the dust in the earth? The teacher also reads the small window, and judges whether someone has fallen by the appearance." Substandard?"

"You have a lot of fallacies."

But this fallacy is indeed crooked to the point.

Gu Huaixiu sighed, knowing that he really didn't know this child well, so he said: "It's getting late, let's go earlier. Bai Lu sent the young master out."

"Yes."

Bai Lu bowed over.

Shen Qu secretly laughed, and after teasing his wife, he finally left contentedly.

The next day, Zhang Tingyu set off and returned to Beijing by land. It was December [-]th when he arrived at Zhang's mansion.

The long-lost capital city is covered in white snow, and the icy world is dotted with bright red festive colors, which looks really beautiful to Gu Huaixiu.

It's just that Zhang Tingyu's return has already begun to cause uneasiness in the government and the public.

Next year will be the year of the examination, and at the end of the year, everyone is already fighting for the position of the chief executive of the examination. Who would have thought that Zhang Tingyu would come to the capital without passing the year.

It's over, it's over!
The duck in hand is about to fly...

(End of this chapter)