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

Chapter 168 Mobius Rings

The plan must be good, so Zhang Tingyu has already asked people to go down to do it.

Shen Chi, who is conceited as a ghost, has successfully deceived Zhang Tingyu for half a year, and now he must not guess that Zhang Tingyu already knew that Luo Xuanwen was dead.

Now Zhang Tingyu really has no way to handle Shen Qi. On the one hand, he can't let Shen Qi find out that he already knows the truth, and there can't be any mistakes before the thunder strikes; Now the monthly reimbursement situation over there is still in the development stage. If you really want to say that Shen Qi is a one-shot, his crime is not big enough, and you have to set up a good set; three, he is in Jiangnan except Song Luo , not enough manpower.

To endure, to endure.

Using this period of time, he continued to deceive Shen Kang in turn.

In fact, from the very beginning, Zhang Tingyu almost stood on a commanding height that would not fail.

Because he was a close minister of the emperor, he acted carefully and rarely left anything to himself.

If there is any reason for him to keep, it is probably only the fact that together with Wu Sidao, he let the tea shop drive up the price of tea, and raised Luo Xuanwen and supported Luo Xuanwen.

However, the matter of the tea shop itself is related to Shen Qi, and it is also implicated in him, not to mention that Zhang Tingyu only said a word at the time, and the specific advice and suggestions fell on Wu Sidao; With the role of Luo Xuanwen, it is even more impossible for something to happen.

In other words, Zhang Tingyu didn't have a fatal grip in Shen Chao's hands.

But Shen Chao was desperate to sell private salt.

Now he himself is Luo Xuanwen and Shen Tie's plan.As Shen Chao, he is currently struggling with his own tea and rice business; as Luo Xuanwen, he holds a small half of the salt gang's private salt business and a part of the official salt business, earning a lot of money.

One person plays two roles, and he conceals it almost perfectly.

Now as long as he gets too deep in the salt business, Zhang Tingyu can take the knife when he becomes a big official salt merchant and a private salt lord.

He believes that this day will not be long.

Not only will Zhang Tingyu not solve Shen Chao immediately, on the contrary, he will also support Shen Chao and support him behind the scenes.

It's just that this matter has to be done a little more secretly.

He wanted to lure Shen Chao to make the business bigger and bigger.

Nian Gengyao released the chief examiner from Sichuan last year, and he has come back this year. The Juren in Sichuan will also call Nian Gengyao their teacher.

The salt industry in Sichuan is also very good.

Occupying the benefits of Yangtze River water transportation, and the well-developed salt industry, this is a good bait.

The salt merchants in central Sichuan are not weaker than Yangzhou.

As long as Shen Yang is lured to go to Sichuan, and the handicap of the word "salt" is widened, then Zhang Tingyu can catch them all at the right time...

Today he is going to write a book to tell "Luo Xuanwen" that the Sichuan salt administration is about to change, and he will send a person to Sichuan so that "Luo Xuanwen" can pay attention to things in Sichuan.

There is no need to say too much, Shen Qi is a smart person, Zhang Tingyu only reveals the news, ambitious people will soon follow him.

It is too simple to calculate ambitious and defenseless people.

It was as if Shen Yang had easily disguised himself as Luo Xuanwen back then, and Zhang Tingyu hadn't doubted it.

With the way of the people, also treat the body of the people.

Zhang Tingyu already has a plan, so just go ahead.

Gu Huaishu has a lot of things to do recently, and a new batch of maids have been replaced for Sanfang. They are all young, beautiful, well-behaved, smart and transparent, and their intentions are not bad.Other than that, it was just looking for a continuation for Zhang Tinglu. Gu Huaishu could only shake his head when he thought of the little Chen family back then.

If you want to look for it again, you must have a good enough mind and a clear enough mind.

Zhang Tingyu told Zhang Tinglu about it, and Zhang Tinglu didn't refuse. When he was old, he always wanted to inherit the family business by himself.

At the beginning of February, the accounts of the mansion were finished, and in the morning, the last account book was put on the desk. Gu Huaishu flicked his fingers, and asked someone to prepare the car to drive, and he was going to take the little fat man to the Dianchan Temple .

Dianchan Temple is a rare and secluded place in the outskirts of Beijing, but because of the beautiful scenery, as soon as spring begins, early peach blossoms cover the mountain temple.

Looking from the road from a distance, there are spots of pink swaying on the mountainside not long after the snowflakes have just parted, like the snow on the cheeks of a beauty.

Gu Huaishu was still talking to Fat Brother. Recently, the room has been thinking of a good name for Fat Brother. Zhang Tingyu said one after another, but was rejected by Fat Brother.

"You said you too. It's not easy for your father to give you a name. I think he is busy with the affairs of the court, and the most important thing is to give you a name. Why don't we go back today and write a few words casually?" You have drawn lots for a suitable word, let’s decide on the name as soon as possible, and then find a gentleman to enlighten you?”

Gu Huaishu rubbed his son's face, feeling the fleshy touch, he couldn't stop.

Fat guy is used to being kneaded by his mother as dough, now he pouted his lips and said vaguely: "I'm chubby, I must choose a good name... Mother, don't give my father some advice, let him Think about it."

"Are you still calling your father?"

Gu Huaixiu couldn't help but "slap" Fat Brother on the head, only secretly thinking that Zhang Tingyu was under a lot of pressure recently.

People like Erlundai and A Ling'a really bit like mad dogs, saying that Zhang Tingyu was inappropriate and wanted the emperor to take it back.

It will be tried in March, and it looks like it will be a month. Thousands of people from all over the country have already entered the capital, but now they dare not do anything.

At times like this in previous years, when the examiner is selected, everyone starts to "hand in the paper", but this year, no one dares.

It's just because the position of the chief examiner of this year's general examination has generally been determined. Although Zhang Tingyu has been selected this year, the eighth elder brother has a high reputation among the Jiangnan scholars, and there are a group of people in the Imperial Academy who are helping him spread the word. It has a good reputation, so it is still unclear who the chief executive officer will be.

Zhang Tingyu couldn't afford to lose the title of CEO.

He needs to seize the opportunity to climb to the top. If he has no higher ability and wants to be neutral, it is tantamount to nonsense and can only be squeezed out.

Zhang Tingyu urgently needs a power of his own. The emperor regards him as the successor to Zhang Ying, so this time, one is not to give the princes the opportunity to develop their own power, and the other is to give Zhang Tingyu a place in the court. Chance to stand your ground.

All candidates are to worship the examiner as a teacher and become his disciple.

It is conceivable that if Zhang Tingyu really secures the position of the chief executive officer of the examination, it will really be "full of peaches and plums".

Moreover, these people are civil servants who will be high-ranking and rich in the future, and they really have all kinds of connections when they become the president.

Recently, Gu Huaixiu saw that Zhang Tingyu was writing notebooks in the early days and in the evenings, half of which was to deal with the affairs of the Shuntian Gongyuan, and the other half was the difficult case of the South Study Room.

I don’t know how many documents are gathered in the central government from all over the world every day. The emperor can’t finish it all by himself. Zhang Tingyu and others from the South Study Room are just reviewing the documents and helping Kangxi to draw up the imperial edict.

And Zhang Tingyu's beautiful handwriting naturally won Kangxi's liking.

As a result, Zhang Tingyu became more and more respected by Kangxi, and people became more and more busy. Sometimes when the palace called in the middle of the night, people would immediately change their clothes and go to the palace...

These hardships, he never said outside.

The little fat man pestered Zhang Tingyu for his name all day long, which made Gu Huaishu angry and funny. She nodded at the fat man's nose, and made a gentleman's agreement with him: "Your father is very busy now, and he will try again this year." At the end, in May, let your father give you a good name, okay?"

In fact, there are only those words that can be chosen, and it is still a difficult thing to choose.

Whenever Mother pointed his nose and talked, he felt that Mother's calm expression was very beautiful, calm and peaceful, and he felt warm just looking at it.

The fat guy stretched out his arms to hug her mother's waist, and looked up at her: "That little fat man will need a nice and nice name."

"it is good."

Gu Huaishu nodded, patted Fat Brother on the shoulder, and soon saw the gate of Dianchan Temple outside.

Fat guy opened the curtain and looked outside, and said, "Mother, there are so many carriages and sedan chairs. Look, the snow on the mountain has melted and turned into a stream!"

Shanxia Lanya Short Dip Creek...

Gu Huaixiu glanced at it, but said, "It's indeed a good place."

"Mother, I heard from my aunt that the reason why she named me Xiaopang and didn't give me a big name was because she was afraid that I would die halfway and not grow up, right?" The little fat man asked again.

Gu Huaishu just sighed: "Why does your aunt tell you everything?"

"My aunt even embroidered a purse for me. It's amazing... But why does my aunt always drink medicine... Also, my third uncle knows a lot. A few days ago, my third uncle said that he hugged me when I was young and gave me He talked about a lot of strange things, saying that in the south there is a person with blond hair and blue eyes, called... called... hey! Mom, look, it’s like this! It’s like this!”

The fat guy kept looking outside, and when he saw a group of people, he immediately pointed excitedly at a man with deep eyes, tall nose, blond curly hair and blue eyes and shouted loudly.

Sitting inside, Gu Huaishu felt that it was not good for the little fat man to lift the curtain, so he grabbed him back, but at that moment, he had already seen the people outside.

What Zhang Tingyu said before is indeed true. Today, the spring meeting of the Dianchan Temple, the prince and other princes are almost all here. Seeing that the older princes have already grown beards, and the younger ones have not yet reached the crown, they are all different. Each has its own style.

Because the carriage was still going, Gu Huaishu saw the man who was half a head taller than the prince at a glance, and it was the fat guy who pointed at him.

Kangxi loved the prince very much and allowed him to make friends with gentlemen from the south of the Yangtze River, and also allowed him to associate with foreign missionaries.

The person in front of him was indeed blond, but Gu Huaishu didn't recognize him, and he didn't want to.

She closed the curtains of the car tightly, and just said don't cause any trouble, this spring party has to go, many honorable backyards have sent messages to Gu Huaxiu, if they don't go, it's just to save face.

The car drove to the front of the mountain and stopped, and it seemed that it was in front of the mountain. After Gu Huaishu got off the car, he was guided by the young monks in the temple to the back mountain.

There are monks' meditation rooms here, but there are also countless peach groves. Although the flowers have not bloomed much, they are still very spectacular.

The mountain faces south, and there are hot springs nearby, so now the peach blossoms bloom early.

As soon as she arrived with her fat brother, Zhou Daoxin's wife, Li Zhen'er, immediately came up to greet her, and then saw many familiar people, some of them looked young, and some of them were already wrinkled.

This time, there were people from the family of the Manchu and Han ministers, and Gu Huaishu came down after saluting with everyone.

During the banquet, there were Sun Lianqiao, Qian Mingshi's wife, and Nian Gengyao's wife Nalan.

This is Nalan Qinhua, the granddaughter of Nalan Mingzhu. Gu Huaishu still remembers that after Gu Zhenguan's birthday banquet, she and Sun Lianqiao went to the kitchen together, only to hear Nalan Qinhua say, "The flowers faded, the reds faded and the greens faded." Xingxiao", Xiao Shifang listened to the rhyme, and even answered directly "the cherry is red and the plantain is green".

Seeing Nalan Qinhua, Gu Huaixiu didn't have time to say hello, but the other party immediately gave her a bow, and Gu Huaixiu continued: "Your husband and I are of the same age, please sit down."

She didn't let Nalan Qinhua say a word.

It was Zhang Tingyu who recommended Nian Gengyao to be the chief examiner of the Sichuan Provincial Examination, but apart from Si Ye Yinzhen and Zhang Tingyu himself, only Gu Huaixiu knew about it, and Nian Gengyao himself knew it. Hua looked as if he also knew about it.

She frowned, feeling that Nian Gengyao was unreliable.

Nalan Mingzhu is also a confused old fox. He bet too much money. Seeing that the elder brother is dying, his son Nalan Kuixu has already hugged the eighth elder brother's thigh. Now Mingzhu is the elder brother's party It's still the eighth brother's party, I'm afraid he himself can't tell.

Nalan Qinhua is the orphan girl left behind by Nalan Rongruo, and also a member of Nalan Mingzhu's family, how could she know such a secret?
Gu Huaixiu kept his expression on the surface, and after sitting down, he only talked about some small things about women's rouge and gouache, but never mentioned anything else.

Nalan Qinhua looked at Gu Huaixiu with some hesitation. She originally wanted to thank Gu Huaixiu, but she didn't expect Gu Huaixiu to be so calm.This Second Mrs. Zhang is really extraordinary... Mrs. Nian Second Mrs. Nalan finally came to her senses at this moment. She was not talkative in the first place. Even if she married Nian Gengyao Don't talk too much.

Only Gu Huaixiu's speech during the banquet can be said to be full of wit and wit, and he has both ways.

Judging from this tactful method, she can be called a model official wife, but she gave birth to her husband and did not take concubines.

Zhang Tingyu has such a good helper, which is probably one of the reasons why he can be proud in the court, right?
Seeing Gu Huaixiu so proud, although Gu Huaixiu doesn't show off herself, there are naturally people who can't understand her.

Sun Shi, the wife of the Minister of Rites, sneered: "Second Madam Zhang really has a leisurely heart. I heard that most officials in the court now think that Mr. Zhang can't be the president of the examination. He is young and vigorous, and has no hair on his mouth. It’s better to be old if you can’t do things well, and ginger is still hot when you’re old.”

Gu Huaixiu listened, but couldn't understand.

This servant is also a member of the Baye Party, and Sun Shilang read Zhang Tingyu's book after book in the court.Zhang Tingyu felt that there were too many lice and it didn't itch, and a small servant of the Ministry of Rites couldn't make any big waves at all.But unexpectedly, Gu Huaishu thought that he was going out for a relaxing time, but now he was caught talking about Zhang Tingyu again.

Things in women's backyard revolve around men, and their lives are different from Gu Huaishu's.

Gu Huaishu felt helpless, arguing with her on this occasion would be out of style.

Gu Huaishu simply said: "The back waves of the Yangtze River beat the front waves, do you know how the front waves are doing?"

Everyone was watching the show. After all, Zhang Tingyu was really in the limelight. After several court meetings where the chief executive officer competed for the test, he made a lot of enemies invisibly.But that is also what an extremely human minister must...

Now that someone is mocking Gu Huaishu, naturally someone is secretly happy.

Since the servant of the Ministry of Rites joined the eighth elder brother, he walked with wind, and even the people in the mansion became proud. Mrs. Sun knew that Zhang Tingyu had been targeted by half of the people in the Hanlin Academy, and she was confident when she spoke: " What happened to Qianlang?"

Gu Huaixiu said lightly: "I was shot to death on the beach."

The whole table fell silent in an instant, and someone uttered a series of sentences, secretly saying that Gu Huaixiu's ability to curse people is simply perfect.

People like Li Zhen'er and Sun Lianqiao who have a good relationship with Gu Huaishu have already covered their mouths and laughed secretly.

Sun's face is no different from that of a pig's liver. The Minister of Rites is indeed old now, and Sun himself is not very young. Now Gu Huaishou is simply a large-scale attack!
What is "Qianlang was shot to death on the beach"? !

Isn't this a curse that they are all replaced by young and beautiful concubines? !

Did anyone say that?
Is there anyone like you?

Looking at it from the front, it was still the exact words of the means, why did it become so sharp in a blink of an eye?
Dare to love you, Mrs. Zhang, you don't turn your face like a book, your face is like a whole book, and you can turn it over and over when the wind blows!

There are also veterans in the court, although it is true that the veterans have left and the young people are emerging, don't you think it is too much to say this?

Unfortunately, no one dared to question all of this.

If Gu Huaishu dared to speak, she was prepared to be more sharp and talkative, and she dared to spray anyone who dared to choke back her words.

After thinking about it, she realized that this was the most agile thing she could do.

Bring tea to drink, but someone thought of more from Gu Huaishu's words.

The newcomers Zhang Tingyu, Nian Gengyao and others were the fastest to emerge, and they were highly regarded by the emperor.

Smart old people such as Zhang Ying and the elderly have already begged to go back to the young people on the grounds of old age and illness.As for Li Guangdi not retiring now, it is because Li Guangdi is the only leader in the Li family, and the rest of the children can't help them. time to go.Presumably, if there were successors in his family, Li Guangdi would have already retired from court by now.

The entire court is in a period of renewal and change from time to time.

People say that there is one emperor and one courtier, but Kangxi has been in power for more than forty years, and the courtiers who assisted him were old and could not help him anymore.

Although Gu Huaixiu's words were ugly, they were all right.

The waves behind the Yangtze River beat the waves ahead, and newcomers catch up with old ones.

Seeing that the dinner was quiet, it was obvious that Gu Huaishu's words made the atmosphere not very good.

Everyone was still lamenting that Gu Huaishu was so successful, and the atmosphere during the meeting could be said to be enthusiastic, but it turned out like this in a blink of an eye?

Blame it?

Is it possible to blame Mrs. Zhang Er, who is so good at dancing?

Ha ha.

If Mrs. Sun couldn't afford to spoil the fun, how could such a thing happen?
Everyone hated Sun for a moment, and Sun lowered his head and did not speak.

Gu Huaishu thought that she was sitting here all the time, they were embarrassed, she might as well leave for a while, and it would be normal when she came back.

Thinking about it, Gu Huaishu smiled slightly, then got up, and said, "I'll take my fat boy to kowtow to the Bodhisattva, you guys sit down and talk first, I'll be back later."

Everyone nodded and saw that Gu Huaixiu led the fat boy of his family to go.

There were not many pilgrims in the Buddhist hall, when Gu Huaishu entered it was when everyone was outside looking at the peach blossoms, the place was clean and deserted.

The Bodhisattva holding the clean bottle looked kind, Gu Huaishou pretended to kowtow to the fat boy, and then took him away again.

"Mother, don't you believe in gods and Buddhas? I used to go to temple fairs, and I didn't see you kowtow to anyone." The little fat man felt a little strange.

Gu Huaishu said: "I don't believe in Buddhism? I just find an excuse to come out. This is the same as a man talking about going out to change clothes... It is also a science to find an excuse to leave the place of right and wrong."

"Then if Xiaopang encounters something, he will say to change clothes." The little fatman pondered half understandingly.

Gu Huaishu smiled and said, "This is the most obvious and the most revealing..."

Before the words were finished, Gu Huaishu, who was still walking in the corridor, saw someone coming out of the flower hall of the meditation room in front, and said: "Brothers, chat slowly, and change clothes."

Yinzhen came out, and then heard the second half of Gu Huaishu's words that he hadn't had time to take back.

"The most revealing one, smart people don't need to change their clothes as an excuse..."

Then Gu Huaishu stopped talking, and looked at Yinzhen twitchingly at the corner of his mouth.

Yinzhen's face was very ugly, looking at her and her fat boy, he didn't bother to talk to her at all, and left with a flick of his sleeves.

Gu Huai thought he had escaped, and was about to avoid the flower hall in front of him, but he didn't want to hear a burst of laughter from the crack of the opened door.

"That Zhang Tingyu has only been in the Hanlin Academy for a few years? Isn't he the son of Zhang Ying who doesn't know how to get in? How dare he be the president of the examination?"

"My lord is also talking about it. What kind of thing is he? He dares to throw face at us!"

"Master Zhang has been known for 500 years, and 500 years, what do you think of this matter?"

A man's voice continued: "If a person is proficient in stereotypes and can read books, he may not be able to be an official. Gentlemen, count them carefully. How many people are from the number one scholar, and how many are the last excellent ministers? People, Zhang Tingyu is talented, but he may not be an official. Just like a piece of paper, it has a front and a back. A person has what he is good at, but it is impossible to cover everything. This person is too stupid to be an official. According to the humble opinion of the poor, this person is mediocre, and he must not last long."

"Hahaha, that's right, the grasshopper after autumn, it won't be long before it jumps!"

All the elder brothers failed to win over Zhang Tingyu. Zhang Tingyu is the emperor's party, and everyone knew it well.

They were talking about the examination of this subject inside, and Gu Huaixiu finally understood why Yinzhen had to change clothes. It is true to avoid right and wrong. Listening to the voice inside, I am afraid that there are quite a few masters who have gone to change clothes.

What Zhang Tianshi?

Gu Huaishu sneered, and just lowered his head and said a word to Fat Brother.

The fat guy's eyes became brighter, "Is this the Mobius ring that my mother told me about?"

Gu Huaishu nodded: "Go."

But the fat guy nodded and immediately rushed into the flower hall from the outside, scanned around, and immediately saw a man dressed as a Taoist priest.

The fat guy went over and slapped the coffee table next to him, "Is it you, a stinky Taoist priest, who just called my father a mediocre?"

Zhang Mingde froze for a moment, where did this little doll come from?
The elder brothers around all spouted a mouthful of tea, and the son caught him talking badly behind his back!
Fortunately, he was just a little devil, and everyone didn't bother to talk to him.

Anyway, everyone knew what happened in the court, even if Zhang Tingyu heard it, they would say the same.

The prince sneered, looking at this kid who was so ugly that he raised his hand and wanted to be thrown out, but the fat guy said again: "It's just that you said that every piece of paper has a front and a side. back?"

Zhang Mingde was taken aback again: "That's for sure, no one is perfect, every piece of paper has a front and a back."

well.

The fat guy raised his bright smiling face, scanned around, and saw the pen and paper at the table of the thirteenth elder brother Yinxiang, so he went over and tore off a piece of paper, twisted the long piece of paper 180 degrees, Then use the tea in the thirteen bowls to glue the two ends of the paper together to form a twisted ring, then lift up your short legs like big carrots, step on Zhang Mingde's chair like a grandfather, and sway funny It's ridiculous.

But what he said was full of anger: "Come on, tell me, where is the front and where is the back!"

WTF!

Dare to scold my father?

My mother will cut you to death in minutes!

(End of this chapter)