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

Chapter 256
Li Wei has been standing outside waiting for a while, he came to meet with his godmother today, unexpectedly he met the emperor again.Now the emperor is standing aside, seemingly calm and composed. Even though Li Wei was anxious, he didn't dare to ask, and just stood by the side as honestly as a tortoise.

After a while, a shadow flickered in the aisle ahead, and Li Wei saw Gu Huaishu's figure. He didn't care about the emperor here, and hurried up to help Gu Huaishu: "Mother!"

Gu Huaisu's feet were vain, not as calm as when she left.

His face was pale, his lips had lost all color, and the gorgeous lip balm looked particularly terrifying.

"Li Wei..."

She just murmured, raised her eyes to look at him, and finally smiled with her lips: "I'm just a little tired."

He has always been a strong character, but today he can't even walk steadily.

Gu Huaixiu sneered, but she laughed at herself. She handed the handwritten letter left by Shen Chao in her sleeve to Li Wei, and said in a low voice, "I only hope that you will be as good as before...to be worthy of my conscience."

"...Don't worry, godmother."

Li Wei knew what Gu Huaixiu meant, he responded, leaning almost half of her weight on his arm, and let her walk out step by step.

And Gu Huaixiu seemed to have gradually regained his strength.

Suddenly remembered, when Shi Fang left, it was like this...

She used a branding iron to destroy the mark on his wrist, and also destroyed his proof of identity, so that he was just a lonely ghost in the underworld.

Shen Qi didn't want her to see him in a mess, what a proud person he was?

died in prison...

She almost felt a fishy smell coming out of her throat, but her eyes quickly calmed down, because she caught a glimpse of the shadow in front, Yinzhen.

This time, all the strength returned to Gu Huaishu.

She slowly walked up to Yinzhen, but did not salute: "Long live Lord is as good as a god, knowing that he will be backed when he dies, at least he didn't really let Li Wei go to Sichuan... Otherwise, I don't know how many people I'm going to die."

Li Wei had already handed over the page of paper in his hand, and Yin Zhen raised his hand to take it, his condensed gaze swept over it, but it was as serious and serious as frost and snow.

"This person has vicious intentions, and death is not a pity."

Shen Chao had recruited a lot of things before, and they had all been confirmed, but he didn't expect such a section to appear suddenly.

"But it's not me who predicts things like a god, but your Zhang Tingyu, who has figured out Shen Chao's disposition. It seems that the news I got is still true."

Zhang Tingyu and Shen Yang had a hatred for seizing their son, and Zhang Wangxian had a hatred for killing her husband. It was not his subordinates who knew Shen Yang best, but his opponent.

Yinzhen thought that Gu Huaixiu would react if she said it, but she seemed tired and exhausted, so she just said: "If there is nothing wrong, my wife will go back."

"Go back, Li Wei will send you off as a godmother."

As soon as Yinzhen waved his hand, Su Peisheng immediately came up with a lantern, and the guards around him cleared the way, but he left first.

Su Peisheng glanced at Gu Huaishu and followed.

Only Li Wei and Gu Huaishu were left on the spot, and when Gu Huaishu left, he looked back at the two lanterns with white paper and red lettering in front of the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, which hurt her eyes.

It was night, Li Wei sent Gu Huaishu back, Zhang Tingyu was already in the mansion, but only in the study.

Gu Huaixiu was lying in the room and fell asleep. It was late at night, but there was another message from the palace calling Zhang Tingyu to discuss matters. Zhang Tingyu didn't come back until the next morning, when Gu Huaixiu had already got up.

Shen Qu also came here at this time, the sky in autumn is a little hoarfrost and foggy, and the flowers in the garden are all withered.

Even the red leaves around are scattered all over the place.

Shen Qu asked Ade: "Where is Master Zhang?"

"Second Master said, if you come to look for him, just go to the ancestral hall."

Ade knew that a lot of things had happened recently, and now he spoke softly, a little cautiously.

On the contrary, Shen Qi didn't mind much, he just packed up and buried Shen Qi and came back, he shouldn't have come to Zhang's mansion, but now that he thinks about it, it doesn't matter if he comes here, it doesn't mean auspicious or unlucky, these people never believe in ghosts and gods.If he believed in karma, Shen Qi would not do so many evil things, Zhang Tingyu would not kill people without scruples and conspire against others, and Gu Huaishu naturally did not have the heart of snakes and scorpions... If everyone believed in ghosts and gods, there would be no disputes in the world .

Believe it or not, it makes no difference.

Under the guidance of Ade, Shen Qu headed towards the ancestral hall behind.

The ancestral hall is a little dark, where the ancestors of the Zhang family are enshrined.

Zhang Tingyu just changed the candles on both sides of the hall, and pinched three more incense sticks. As soon as they were lit, he heard footsteps behind him.

"come in."

Without looking back, Zhang Tingyu had just spent the whole night busy and knew that Shen Chong's case was very involved. Later, he also asked Li Wei that the case was to be reversed, but he didn't know how long it would take.

Shen Qu raised his eyes and saw many rankings with many unfamiliar names written on them, and thinking about it, he had never seen these things in any place where Shen Qi stayed.

Shen Chao seemed to be someone who didn't know where he came from or where he was going.

Everyone says that Ye Luo returns to his roots, but where is his root?

"Shen Qu is here to say goodbye to Mr. Zhang."

"Do you want to help Ling go back?"

Zhang Tingyu slowly inserted a stick of incense in his hand into the incense burner, and the smoke curled up, as if it had smoked his eyes, making him a little astringent.

Shen Qu said: "Now the business of the Salt Gang has collapsed, and I can't sit still. The business in my hand has not been affected in any way...so go back to Yangzhou first."

There was a booklet on the incense table in front, and when Shen Qu was talking, Zhang Tingyu kept looking at the booklet without moving.

"Do you still want to be filial to him?"

"When the father dies, the son shall obey the filial piety for three years." Shen Quzhi's words are very clear.

At that moment, Zhang Tingyu lowered his head and laughed, and said, "You have backbone."

"Nursing kindness is greater than giving birth to kindness. My father didn't want me back then. I was afraid that if I disappeared, it would make my mother sad. Then it's convenient... There has never been such a disobedient son like me."

Shen Qu called Zhang Tingyu "Father" for the first time. Zhang Tingyu didn't turn around, but knew that Shen Qu behind him had knelt down.

In the ancestral hall are the ancestors of the Zhang family, Zhang Tingyu and his son.

But out of this door, they are not father and son.

Shen Che kowtowed deeply, but his expression was still calm.

He didn't hate it, because he never regarded Zhang Tingyu as his father.

Even if there was such a little bit of admiration, it was quickly defeated by the truth back then. The world is cruel after all, and he doesn't want to think about such cruel things anymore.

If Shen Qi lacked a personal death, he would die for Shen Qi today.

The descendants of the Zhang family are not weak, and many of them are surnamed Zhang.

After kowtowing, Shen Qu's voice was a little hoarse, and he said, "Sir, the student will leave."

Zhang Tingyu said calmly: "All the way...be careful..."

Shen Qu didn't return, and backed out.

Zhang Tingyu stood in the ancestral hall like this for a long time, he was a little unsteady, his temples were frosty, and the sunset had already begun.

Raising his hand, with fingers stained with cinnabar and ink, he gently opened the booklet.

He saw that at the bottom of the page after his name, there was an empty name, followed by Zhang Ruoai, who couldn't make a single expression on his face, only full of ashes and despair.

Now it's hard to tell right from wrong.

What is gone is gone forever.

As early as the moment Gu Huaishu knew the truth, Zhang Tingyu also knew that this son would never come back.

So why should he be cruel and heartless?
Just looking up at the ancestral tablet, Zhang Tingyu was in a daze, and even felt an inexplicable weakness.

His hands trembled, and the genealogy was covered again. He slowly put down his robe, knelt down, kowtowed to the ancestral tablet, and knelt like this without moving.

This kneeling is a day and night.

The sun has set, the twilight is slanting, and night has come.

But after this day and night, Zhang Tingyu acted as if nothing had happened, and the emperor did not blame him for delaying the morning court for a day.

Because there was no resistance this time, and there was mediation by Li Wei, Zhang Tingyu presided over it, and soon the internal affairs of the Salt Gang were resolved quickly, and some people were installed. At the same time, Jiangnan also executed a large number of officials. He was dismissed and given an idle official the following year, which was also implicated by this incident.

Zhang Tingyu, on the other hand, soon began to set up a military supply department in the following year.

When Yongzheng just came to the throne, there was a war in Qinghai. At that time, there was Nian Gengyao. Now the war in the northwest is about to start, and it is not very peaceful. Yongzheng is also working hard. He simply fiddled with the military supplies department that Zhang Tingyu conceived back then, and built a duty station in front of it. In the room, there is a minister on duty who only handles military affairs at that time and cannot be detained.

And Gu Huaishu knew very well that later, this place became the Military Aircraft Department.

On November [-]th of the fifth year of Yongzheng, Zhang Tingyu was promoted from a Bachelor of Wenyuan Pavilion to a Bachelor of Wenhuadian.In the same year, Xiao Yongzao and Song Zhu, academicians of the Wenhuadian University, were impeached by Qingliu headed by the Imperial Academy, and after investigation by Li Wei, the two of them and Longkodo had a close relationship with Shen Qi, and they were dismissed and investigated one after another .Long Kedo was also involved in the case of Shen Chong and was imprisoned.

The civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty were as silent as cicadas, and no one dared to refute the emperor.

On April [-]st of the sixth year, Zhang Tingyu was promoted from the University of Wenhua Palace to the University of Baohe Palace.

And two months later, Longkodo, who was imprisoned for a year, also passed away.

All the cronies of Yongzheng's subordinates in the past disappeared in a blink of an eye.

Gu Huaixiu thought about it, people who follow Fourth Master really rarely end well.

These people are Si Ye's bridges. He walked over them, but they are useless, so they are demolished.

In Gu Huaixiu's eyes, Yinzhen is a person who calculates too clearly, when to get rid of who, when to get rid of who, step by step, and when this chess piece is useless, he will never use it. throw away hesitantly.

He regards the world as a sand table, and between turning his hands over his hands, the situation changes.

Who knows how long a hero like Zhang Tingyu can stay?

What he wants, one is to be useful, and the other is to be obedient.

If the two cannot be satisfied, at least it must be very useful, so that Yinzhen cannot be removed at all.

This year coincided with Zhang Tingyu's official promotion, but Gu Huaixiu's birthday banquet was nothing more than a family sitting together for a meal. Shen Qi's gift from Jiangnan also arrived, but Zhang Tingyu didn't take a look. Gu Huaishu received it and put it in the house.

They never mentioned each other, but each knew what the other had done.

To him and her, it was nothing but reason.

Up to now, Gu Huaishu couldn't reprimand Zhang Tingyu, and felt it was unnecessary.

For Shen Che, that was the best ending.

Originally, things developed along the wrong path. If they forcefully correct it at this time, who knows if it will be another mistake?
"Governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi Yue Zhongqi, Governor and Governor of Zhejiang Li Wei, Governor of Yunnan and Guangxi Ertai, Governor of Hedong and Governor of Henan Tian Wenjing... If it had been seven or eight years earlier, some people would have expected that these people would become great officials in frontiers..."

Zhang Tingyu chuckled, looked at the paperwork handed over by the official department, and threw it on the coffee table without any hesitation.

Gu Huaishu was sitting opposite him, the fine lines at the corners of his eyes could no longer be suppressed, his expression was relaxed, he just smiled and said: "Li Wei is still filial, Ertai is mine, but I didn't expect Yue Zhongqi... Back then, the emperor would trust Nian Gengyao because Yue Zhongqi was by Nian Gengyao's side, right?"

"I didn't expect it."

Zhang Tingyu sighed.

Yue Zhongqi is Nian Gengyao's old subordinate. Although he has ability, he has always been subordinate to Nian Gengyao. When the palace changed, Longkodo controlled the Nine Gates of the capital, and Nian Gengyao watched the Fourteenth Lord in Qinghai.

But no one thought that there was actually Yue Zhongqi behind Nian Gengyao, not Nian Gengyao's confidant, but Yongzheng's confidant.

In this way, it is really a chain.

The current emperor's mind is not so easy to ponder.

Zhang Tingyu clasped the folder lightly with his fingers, and suddenly said: "I'm the only one missing."

Gu Huaishu said: "You are not his slave, if there is the last one, it will be me."

It's about Yinzhen's bird's exhaustion of his bow.

It's just that she didn't expect that as soon as she spoke, a voice came from outside: "Grandpa Su from the palace is here."

"There was a war in the northwest, the emperor moved to the Old Summer Palace, and asked Zhang Xiang to go to the Old Summer Palace quickly, fearing that he would have to stay for a while."

Su Peisheng came here on the way, and he was still in a hurry. The emperor was still waiting in the Old Summer Palace, so he came to find Zhang Tingyu first and let him know.

"Let all the officials from the Military Supplies Department go to the Old Summer Palace, and I will come later."

After Zhang Tingyu said something, he agreed, and after talking to Su Peisheng in detail, he asked someone to send him away.

As a result, Zhang Tingyu went to the Old Summer Palace at the end of the year, and did not return until the end of the new year.

At that time, it was the night before the New Year's Eve, and Gu Huaixiu always felt a little flustered because he hadn't seen Zhang Tingyu recently.

She remembered what Zhang Tingyu said that day, "I'm the only one left", and tried to calm herself down, but she couldn't.

Zhang Tingyu is fine for now, but she can't wait any longer.

On the twenty-ninth day, Gu Huaixiu finally couldn't wait any longer. She remembered that Yongzheng had given Zhang Tingyu a house in the Old Summer Palace, so she naturally didn't need to go to the Old Summer Palace. One?Take a small sedan chair and go out of Xizhimen to Yuanmingyuan.

The guards outside Yuanmingyuan saw Gu Huaishu's sedan chair early on and recognized the person. As soon as they arrived at the gate of the garden, a young eunuch came out to pick him up.

Gu Huaixiu said lightly: "Long Live Lord's errand is important, I just came here to live for a while, it has been closed for a few years, but I haven't seen my grandfather yet, so I have to come and see."

The words that an ordinary woman might be embarrassed to say, are extraordinarily smooth in her mouth.

But the little eunuch was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly said: "Please come inside, just now Eunuch Su called his servants to welcome you, saying that Prime Minister Zhang is still talking with the emperor's envoys at the Zibi Mountain House, if he comes back soon, he will Tell Zhang Xiang."

"It's my father-in-law, I'll go to the courtyard and wait."

After finishing speaking, Gu Huaishu had already seen the courtyard, and there were not many people outside, so they must be waiting inside at this time.

When she entered the house, the maids she brought didn't clean up. There are usually people serving here, and it looks very clean and tidy.

There was a pot of orchids on the window sill, Gu Huaishu was stunned when she saw it, and she walked over.

Qing Dai said: "Madam, is there anything else to pack?"

"It looks like I'm going to live here for a while. Why can't I live in the royal garden? Just put out the flowers and plants on both sides of the steps for me. It's very annoying to put them there."

As Gu Huaishou was talking, he saw a pair of scissors lying beside the flowers, so he raised his hand to pick them up, and cut off a green leaf from that pot of orchids.

For some reason, when she saw this orchid, she remembered that when she was newly married to him, she cut off his pot of orchids, and in the end the orchid was still on it for a long time.

Unconsciously, she smiled a little, Gu Huaishu's eyes were far away, and suddenly she heard the sound of laughter outside the yard, which interrupted her thoughts again.

Seeing that they were busy packing up, Gu Huaixiu went to sit down and waited until nightfall before Zhang Tingyu came back.

He received the news from the palace people and knew that Gu Huaixiu was coming, but he was smiling all over his face. When he came over, he put his arms around her waist, smiled narrowly, and whispered in her ear: "Look at how worried you are, you have lost a lot of weight." ..."

Zhang Tingyu doesn't know why she came here, but why bother?

What should come will always come, and he has already arranged it.

Gu Huaishu stared at him fixedly, his eyes glistened with water, the maids had already left, and there were only the two of them in the room.

He hugged her and leaned against the couch, rubbing her earlobe with his fingers, and seeing her side face suddenly look deserted, he kissed her cheek lovingly, and sighed: "I changed the name of the military supply room before, and since then it has always been the The Military Aircraft Department, it took some time to discuss with the Minister of Military Aircraft today, but nothing happened."

The cunning rabbit dies, the running dog cooks.

How many lives are under Zhang Tingyu's hands?

How many enemies has he made in the court now?
Although now he is full of peaches and plums, and has become a veritable "Zhang Xiang", no one can threaten him, but hang over his head?The knife on it is Yinzhen.

The veteran of the two dynasties, the number one close minister around Yongzheng, the head of civil servants, and even the foreman of the military aircraft department.

Aircraft Department...

Gu Huaishu suddenly withdrew his eyes and looked at Zhang Tingyu. His facial features and expression seemed to be under his control.

Power, ambition, but not dissipated.

Is it these three small words that signify that something has arrived?peak.

Kneeling to accept the transcript, the destiny is issued to the sky, so it is called "the world".

Zhang Tingyu was the one who planned and built the Military Aircraft Department. He hid behind the shadows, watching all of this and everything.

Zhang Tingyu suddenly said: "A while ago someone told me that the emperor wrote a new imperial decree and put it on the upright plaque... Can you guess what is behind it?"

Originally, after the upright plaque, there was an imperial edict to establish a reserve. Gu Huaishu still remembered that she could almost see the edict that day, but she knew the answer, so there was no need to read it.

But now Zhang Tingyu said that behind the upright plaque, there is a will?
Gu Huaixiu twisted her sleeve beautifully, but she was a little puzzled: "What do you mean?"

"...I'm also wondering what it means..."

Zhang Tingyu raised his hand to support her hair, kissed her lips, let her lean in his arms softly, and then said: "I must know what this edict is before I dare to move... let's play chess..."

play chess.

Gu Huaishu played chess when he had nothing to do, and now he has never played chess.

But today, since the third son was born, she was suddenly taken aback.

Raising his eyes, Gu Huai looked at him with trembling hands, and also looked into his eyes.

She has seen this chess move before, and even because she studied too much back then, she has been able to memorize every move.

Siege.

The never-ending game of chess with him back then.

Zhang Tingyu used such unpredictable methods at that time, even every step could be calculated, but he couldn't avoid it, which made the opponent in a dilemma.

That is Zhang Tingzan's favorite way.

And Zhang Tingyu said that he also learned from Zhang Tingzan, but he himself can't and can't win.

Gu Huaishu still remembered that when he got to the most important point, he picked up a chess piece and said that he knew nothing, but he never played that game of chess again.

The chess record of that year has been put under the box by her, and she hasn't brought it out for many years.

And she has never figured out where to put the last chess piece.

Something flashed through Gu Huaishu's mind, his fingertips were next to the black jade chess piece, and he didn't move.

Zhang Tingyu's slender fingers slowly pressed a piece on the chessboard, but smiled warmly, and said, "It's your turn to play."

(End of this chapter)