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

Chapter 211
The days in Longmian Mountain are actually very leisurely and relaxed. There are no big things on New Year's Eve and the first month. Sometimes I take them out for a walk along the mountain path to see the scenery outside. During the tea picking season, the three brothers of a family take turns.

Sometimes Gu Huaishu would go, and sometimes he would deal with things in the ancestral house. After all, there was a mansion of the Zhang family in Tongcheng down the mountain. There were so many mouths in the house, and some people even wanted to send things up the mountain.What to send and when to send it is up to people to decide.

Food and clothing, everything must be taken care of.

A big family, now they are able to take care of things.

She saw that Mrs. Peng was also behaved and honest, and she was no longer the same as before, so she dealt with the unimportant things in the mansion first, to see the effect later.As for Mrs. Qiao, her eyesight has always been bad, and she only comes to Gu Huaishu to listen to something every day. When the housekeeper below comes to play something, Mrs. Qiao is always there, and occasionally speaks a few words.

Qiao's background is not good, she has never learned how to housekeeper, Gu Huaishu has no way to hand over the matter to Qiao's management immediately, not to mention her eyesight is not good.So I can only slowly teach her to get used to it. Now that her parents are away and her brothers are getting older, when Zhang Tingyu's worries here are over, Gu Huaishu will definitely return to the capital, so these things must be dealt with first.

The relationship between brothers needs to be taken care of, and possible conflicts between sisters-in-law need to be avoided, and Gu Huaishu is the coordinator in the middle, and the coordinator is not easy.

At this time, it is inevitable to think about Zhang Tingzan's kindness. How can he find a better brother like him?
Under the current situation, no one could do better than Zhang Tingzan.

The days pass trivially, and there is no big festival, and it can't be too big, right?Get the whole family together for a meal.

They didn't always live in the ancestral house, but occasionally went down to live for a few days.

It's just that Zhang Tingyu suddenly fell in love with this kind of life in the mountains and forests. He picked tea and fried tea by himself, even went fishing, and rowed a boat to dig lotus roots on the lake...

At that time, Gu Huaixiu usually lay down in the boat, watching Zhang Tingyu propping a long punt pole, walking through the lotus pond in the small lake in the depression, the green shirt is untied, and the lotus leaves are endless... When the sun is good, the sky is blue When he was Bai Yu, he felt even more breezy, and his whole body exuded a kind of sophistication after years of cleansing.

"It is said that insight into the world is knowledge, and understanding of human feelings is writing. Now you are also a great Confucian."

"I have long been a Confucian."

Anyone who can serve as the chief examiner of the general examination is a great Confucianism, and Zhang Tingyu has already reached this point, even much younger than Zhang Ying.

Zhang Tingyu pulled the long pole back with his hands, parted the lotus leaves and saw a rare lotus with double pedicles, he rowed close to it, took it off and threw it at Gu Huaixiu who was lying lazily.

Gu Huaixiu only felt that the deep and shallow pink rushed towards him, and Zhang Tingyu was almost frightened.

The lotus fragrance was overwhelming, she held the stalk, and just looked at the lotus in front of her eyes. The sky was very bright, and Zhang Tingyu stood at the bow of the boat, there seemed to be only a shadow, and her expression was blurred.

Gu Huaishu said: "Stand a little to the left to block the light for me."

Zhang Tingyu chuckled and said, "You are very good at enjoying yourself."

"To be happy in life, you must be happy to the fullest, don't let the golden cup be empty to the moon..." After a pause, she said again, "I advise you not to cherish the gold-threaded clothes... There are flowers that can be broken straight, and don't wait for the flowers to be empty to break the branches... ..."

Then she shook the Bingtilian in her hand, sniffed lightly, and lazily closed her eyes as usual.

"I don't see you, the white-headed old man in the east of Luoyang City, a young man with a beautiful face. The flowers bloom and go, and the flowers are gone. Once he is sick and has no acquaintance... When he returns to the temple, when will he win the championship?" Zhang Tingyu also chanted with a smile.

It's not a poetic tone, but it's just a feeling.

Gu Huaixiu heard this, and only said: "Drag out and behead."

So he laughed.

"I'm only sorry for Dai Mingshi... I only got second place in Jinke."

Zhang Tingyu felt uncomfortable when he thought of the news he had received a few days ago.

After all, he is still Zhang Tingyu's protégé, and he protects his shortcomings very well.

At the beginning there were nine and a half Fan Xiu, and now they are flourishing in the Imperial Academy, not to mention Lin Zhijun, only Dai Mingshi...

Although it is the second place in the list, it can be regarded as Jinshi and the first place, but after all, it is not as good as the number one.

Gu Huaixiu has also heard about Dai Mingshi.

I only hate that Zhang Tingyu is not in the imperial court. Dai Mingshi won the first place in the general examination. It stands to reason that there should be little difference in performance in the imperial examination. The time is right, unless the emperor wants to change it on a whim.

The chief examiner of the examination is Li Guangdi, and it happened that there was Dai Mingshi, who was selected as the member of the Huiyuan. Unexpectedly, Zhao Xiongzhao, the son of Zuodu Yushi Zhao Shenqiao, also participated in the palace examination this time. And in the ranks of Dingjia.At this time, who is the champion?
Zuodu Yushi Zhao Shenqiao was also recommended by Li Guangdi back then. Zhang Tingyu and his father Zhang Ying had worked with Li Guangdi for many years. Dai Mingshi was Zhang Tingyu's student and Zhao Xiongzhao was Zhao Shenqiao's son.Mr. Li Guangdi pinched in the middle, he was really a stranger inside and out, so he didn't speak at all.

Unexpectedly, in the end, after everyone argued, they still gave Zhao Shenqiao face, and finally recommended Zhao Xiongzhao as the number one scholar, and Dai Mingshi as the second place.

Because there were quite a few people in the Jinluan Hall making petitions for Dai Mingshi at that time, Zhao Shenqiao hated Dai Mingshi to the extreme.

The second place in the list is already unattainable for ordinary people, but it is undoubtedly a huge insult to Dai Mingshi who was once ranked first in the answer sheet by Zhang Tingyu.

Real talents and learning lost to power relations, but he didn't know what Dai Mingshi's mood was when he was passing on the information.

Anyway, after the news came back to Tongcheng, Zhang Tingyu couldn't be happy.

Dai Mingshi is also from Tongcheng, and the news that he won the second place, but Tongcheng has been lively for a while, and Dai Mingshi is Zhang Tingyu's protégé, originally everyone wanted to invite Zhang Tingyu to have a good time, but thinking that he is in Xiaozhong, they dared to pass it on. Went up the mountain with a message.

In fact, Zhang Tingyu would not have gone even if he was not in Xiaozhong.

An unhappy feast, why bother?

Zhang Tingyu put his fingers together in vain, and the nails on his little finger and thumb were kept at the same length when he was still working in the South Study Room. What he was thinking about was Zhao Shenqiao and Zhao Xiongzhao.

"After I return to Beijing, I will settle accounts with them slowly."

As he spoke, he exhaled a long breath, plunged the long pole into the bottom of the water, and the boat sank deep into the lotus root.

In the scorching summer, after all, the next day is clear.

The local tea from Longmian Mountain has already been sent to the capital. Last year's pot was made by Zhang Ying; this year's pot was made by Zhang Tingyu.

I don't know whether Zhang Ying said this because he was loyal to the emperor, or because Zhang Tingyu showed his loyalty to Kangxi.

Zhang Tingyu only remembered three words written by Zhang Ying: loyalty, virtuous, and stupid.

This is the way of being an official.

It's just that Zhang Tingyu is still thinking about it.

He still has two years to figure it out, no rush, no rush.

Some things can't be figured out in a short while, so Zhang Tingyu got up the pole, landed on the shore, and just went back with Gu Huaishu.

During Ding You's time, it was rare that he had the time to study, teach Brother Ai, and maybe take Brother Ai along with him.

Since Shen Qu came back for the first time, it was already August that Shen Qi brought Shen Qu here for the second time.

Shen Che has to manage the tea and also understand Mibu's affairs, but walking around, his knowledge is different from ordinary people.

This time he came to Tongcheng for the second time, but he stayed for a long time. Every day he was dressed in plain clothes, with a jade abacus hanging on his waist and a bag containing things, and he came up from the mountain with Shen Qi to study at Zhang Tingyu's place.

Zhang Tingyu asked Shen Qi to write with his right hand, or simply prevented him from writing on the mountain.

Over time, Shen Che has developed a decent right-handed handwriting.

Only Shen Chao seemed to gradually understand something from the difference between the left and right hands, but no one could confirm it for him.

This is the second time I came to Tongcheng, and it will be the end of the year. During this period, Li Wei also came to see Gu Huaishu and Zhang Tingyu, but he left quickly because of his busy schedule.

In the blink of an eye, it was the spring of 49, and it was time for tea picking again. The rain this year was quite abundant, but it was not suitable for tea picking. The tea I made was moldy at home, and I don't know how many people cried.

It was the end of June when Gu Huaishu and the others went down the mountain, and they were about to go back to the Zhang family's mansion for a few days. Who would have thought that when they got off the mountain, they would see people everywhere in the streets of Tongcheng, all dressed in rags.

Zhang Tingyu frowned when he saw it from a distance: "There are not so many people in Tongcheng..."

One could tell at a glance that these people were all victims of disasters, their faces were yellow and emaciated and they were hungry. Gu Huaishu got out of the car and followed Zhang Tingyu, and he was already shocked just by looking at them.

Wang Yan, the magistrate of Tongcheng County, was so impatient that his mind was full of lawsuits. He asked the officers of the county government to drive the victims out of the city with sticks, which immediately attracted a lot of scolding.But these people started to grab things as soon as they entered the city, so that there were not many Tongcheng people left on the street, let alone vendors.

This year's tea farmers are unlucky, the weather is bad, Wang Yan is also unlucky, he stomped his feet anxiously: "There was a flood in the beginning of spring this year, and everyone said that I sent my elder brother down to run errands, if it is found that it is my head, it is not unlucky? "

Wang Yan was like an ant on a hot pot, but his master with a goatee frowned and thought for a while, then suddenly caught a glimpse of Zhang Tingyu at the entrance of the street, and clapped his hands: "Yes! Master, the savior is here!" !"

"Oh, where did the savior come from here? Master, I can't keep my head!"

Wang Yan only waved his hands to tell people to drive the victims out quickly, so he didn't mean to listen carefully.

The master gave him a hand: "Master, don't we still have Mr. Zhang here? Look——"

Wang Yanwang looked over there, and immediately slapped his thigh, isn't the savior coming?
He quickly ran up and bowed in front of Zhang Tingyu: "Master Zhang, come down, how long has the official been looking forward to you."

Zhang Tingyu was about to ask about the disaster victims, so Wang Yan ran up by himself. He saw the guards driving the hungry people out of the city, almost with sticks and sticks. They were cruel and vicious. Seeing Wang Yan coming up by himself, he casually asked, "Where did these disaster victims come from?"

"Responding to Mr. Zhang, there is a Chenjiazhou on the east side of our city, which has about [-] households. It was fine for a few years, but this year it rained a lot, and suddenly it rose sharply, flooding many people. They are coming to us... Tongcheng is a small place, how can it withstand the tossing of refugees who come in? Just come in and grab things..."

Wang Yan kept sighing, and quietly looked at Zhang Tingyu's face.

Zhang Tingyu only said: "There are so many people, how many people do you have in a county government? The most urgent thing is to stabilize the hearts of the people. If you suppress so many people and make trouble, you have ten heads, and you will kill them in a few days." It landed on the ground. Governor Zhou Master can't rub the sand in his eyes, so you should think of a way."

"...This..." County Magistrate Wang remembered scratching his head, and said with a sad face, "All the food that can be used for relief in the treasury has been distributed, and there is really not much left now, please..."

Zhang Tingyu sneered, but said: "Did you let go of opening the warehouse to release the grain, or is there not so much grain for you to release?"

As soon as he turned around, he summoned Ade, and asked Wang Yan, "Which one is your Master Qiangu? Call me to accompany me to the mansion to get food, first we can stabilize the people's hearts before we talk."

At this time, I don't care about that much, and Zhou Daoxin will slowly argue with him later.

Zhang Tingyu didn't plan to talk to Wang Yan here, and was going back to Zhang's mansion.

I don't want to, a carriage came by the gate of the city ahead, seeing that everyone here stopped, so they simply stopped, Shen Qi was sitting on the rouge horse next to him, Shen Qu in the carriage lifted the curtain and frowned.

Shen Chao saw Zhang Tingyu, looked around, and said: "On the way here, I heard that there was a flood, not only in Tongcheng, but many surrounding areas were flooded. The Governor Zhou asked Brother Chi to collect food , I'll accompany him to take the lead and check the situation, it seems... not very good?"

Zhang Tingyu said: "Go to the Taoist Temple in the south of the city first to set up a porridge factory. Dare I ask if you can take care of the young master?"

Shen Che jumped out of the car and said: "The light car is simple, I didn't bring a few people, and Xiao Wei's people are still behind, I'm afraid there will not be enough. Since the porridge factory is set up outside the Taoist temple, just call the Taoist priests to help That is, I don’t know what to do with Mr.

After speaking, he bowed.

Zhang Tingyu nodded indifferently, and was thinking of asking someone to go to the county government office to discuss matters, but he didn't expect the government servants to report that the county government office had been filled with disaster victims.

Zhang Tingyu only thought that the official Wang Yan had done his best, and waved his hands and said: "There has been no accident in Zhang's house, let's come here to discuss matters first."

The Zhang family in Tongcheng is a well-known family, and almost everyone in Anhui knows that these disaster victims respect the Zhang family more than the county government, and they dare not break in to grab things.

Now Zhang Tingyu is only leading people into Zhang's house, the matter is quite tricky, and I don't know how long the trouble will last.

If there is a lot of water for nothing, it will be more unlucky to find out.

Controlling the river is Kangxi's heart disease.

Everyone here has entered the Zhang residence, the Zhang residence has strict rules and is still orderly, the city has long been in chaos.

Li Wei was wearing a simple blue silk gown, and when he saw the city gate, he finally shouted: "Here we are!"

Looking up, he saw the word Tongcheng, Shisan flicked the whip in his hand, he was dressed in casual clothes, and he was dusty, but when he saw the refugees inside and outside the city, his brows were furrowed.He glanced at Li Wei: "Your godfather and mother also live here?"

Li Wei glanced at Thirteen, then turned back to look at Fourth Master behind him, seeing that the city gate was not guarded, he went in directly, and said: "You two talk a lot, young master, I still have a group of people behind me." Food. My godfather and mother are like that, now you go find relatives when you get to the place. But the land is messy, because you are not familiar with the place, so I will give you a waist card. If there is something in the city, turn to the brothers behind me, and they will help you."

After taking off a waist card, Li Wei threw it to Shisan.

Although it was chaotic here, Li Wei was happy to see Gu Huaishu again.

He is tall and thin now, but he also has a handsome feeling. When he stands in front of the crowd, he is a tall and handsome guy, but he has the evil spirit of a gangster for no reason, and he is a bit unrestrained.

Thirteen looked at the badge, smiled, and handed it to Yinzhen on the other horse. Yinzhen looked at it and handed it back to Yinxiang, and said, "Go to the county government to have a look."

As soon as it rained in the south this year, Kangxi sent Yinzhen and Yinxiang out. After the abolition of the crown prince, Yinxiang was not favored very much. The place.

And Yinzhen is now Prince Yong.

There is still a servant of him in the city, so Yinzhen won't worry about unfamiliarity.

"This Li Wei is a bit interesting, but it is said that Shen and his son are working under him..." Yinxiang said.

Yinzhen dismounted and led the horse, and said: "This Shen Chiu is quite capable. The old Jiuhuang merchant's business has been done all over the country, and he has not uprooted the Shen family. This Shen family...is rich."

Yinxiang laughed out loud when he heard the words: "Did the fourth brother be driven crazy by the account checking by the household department back then? He always carries money from time to time."

It is difficult to do things without money, not to mention that Shen Qi is quite weird.

Yinzhen pondered, this trip to the south of the Yangtze River will be somewhat beneficial after all.

"Go to the city and see how these dog officials do things."

(End of this chapter)