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

Chapter 219
People say that loyalty and filial piety have been difficult to achieve since ancient times, but for Zhang Tingyu, neither loyalty nor filial piety can be achieved.

It's a pity that everyone said that Zhang Tingyu was filial and loyal to the emperor. How much skill did it take to be able to behead his own disciple without changing his face on the execution ground, and to be the number one scholar in his previous subject?

How many ministers impeached him, thought that Zhang Tingyu would definitely be implicated because of Dai Nanshan's case, how could he have thought that Zhang Tingyu would be sent to supervise and execute him?
As a result, there was no transfer order after the execution, and everyone couldn't tell what the situation was now, and the Zhang family's gate suddenly became cold.

For Zhang Tingyu, this is the hardest and most leisurely life in the capital, but leisure is not good in a place like the capital.

Dai Mingshi's body was crushed, his body was not left behind, he didn't even dare to set up a tomb, and those who wanted to pay homage couldn't find any way to do it.

Now Zhang Tingyu only likes to play chess with Gu Huaixiu at home, but recently Gu Huaixiu is also very silent.

"...You lost again."

Zhang Tingyu dropped a piece with a "slap", suddenly laughed, looked at the board full of chess pieces, and then looked out the window.

Gu Huaishu said: "It's not that I'm weak in chess, it's that you have become more murderous. Seeing a lot of old people, you are not afraid of hurting yourself..."

What is there to hurt?
Zhang Tingyu leaned back on the Arhat bed, and lay down on the pillow, squinting his eyes: "It's just a game of chess... Where did the murderous intent come from?"

"That's something you have to ask yourself."

Gu Huaisui rolled up his sleeves, tidied up the chessboard, lowered his eyebrows, and looked gentle.

She knew that Zhang Tingyu was uncomfortable, but it was not an option to go on like this, he just didn't want to move now.

Zhang Tingyu only pulled her down and lay with him in the innermost narrow space, burying his face in her neck, as if it would calm him down.

"After all, he is my disciple... I began to wonder how much I would have to pay for this road... I made Qingyun Road after all my success, but what was Qingyun Road paved with?"

The corpses and blood of those people were used.

Zhang Tingyu had seen many killings, but it was the first time for him to watch his disciples live and die.

Someone once joked that Dai Mingshi "success is also Mr. Zhang, and failure is also Mr. Zhang", which turned out to be a prophecy.

The saddest thing in the world is nothing more than this.

How many people are there below Qingyun Road?

Zhang Tingyu couldn't count.

The high officials in the court who did not handle unjust cases and wrongdoings according to the emperor's wishes can be counted on one hand. Even his father Zhang Ying dare not say that he did not have a life in his hands.But those people have nothing to do with them...

Everyone always sweeps the snow in front of the door by himself, and doesn't care about others' roofs. Zhang Tingyu never said that he is a gentleman, because he has never bothered to care about the lives of people who have nothing to do with him, but once this kind of misfortune befalls him, It was extremely painful.Some things are indeed done wrong, Zhang Tingyu never denies, but many things are not done because of mistakes, on the contrary...

The more mistakes you make, the more you have to do.

The emperor is ruthless, and the courtiers should also be ruthless.

What does a chess piece need of its own will?
But what Zhang Tingyu wanted to be was not a pawn.

All kinds of thoughts were intertwined, Zhang Tingyu closed his eyes slightly, but he heard Gu Huaishu whispering in his ear: "The test will start soon, if the emperor doesn't say anything, it will be too late."

"What's the use of having peaches and plums all over the world... You see, except for Dai Mingshi who came to visit me, and Fan Xiu and Lin Zhijun who had already sent me a post before the accident, the rest of the people should just wait and see... disciples and disciples , most of the students rely on their masters, but they themselves cannot rely on any of them.”

If Zhang Tingyu didn't have these three years, most of these disciples would still be useful, or at least they wouldn't stand by like this.

Now that Zhang Tingyu has even killed Dai Mingshi, he doesn't know how many people will come to Zhang Tingyu's place.

Even people who just wanted to wait and see before, seeing Zhang Tingyu now, should avoid them like ghosts and monsters.

Gu Huaishu knew that he was different from before, but what he saw when he tidied up the study that day was shocking.

For a minister, the most important thing is the word "loyalty", but he...

She only sighed in a low voice: "Ade saw Fan Xiu outside this morning, and I asked someone to chase him away."

"We should drive him away." Zhang Tingyu didn't know what Gu Huaishu meant, "Now my future is uncertain, there is no need to delay them. If there is any suspicion of cronyism, I will implicate them again."

"Many people in Jinke recommended Zhao Shenqiao as the chief executive officer of the test, which always makes people feel uncomfortable."

Zhao Shenqiao has always been called an upright official, but an upright official does not mean that he can be a minister, let alone that everything can be done properly, especially the case of Dai Mingshi. , Right and wrong, I know what is right and wrong.No matter how innocent his reputation was in the past, if he commits such a crime today, he wonders if he will be labeled as a person trying to catch fame in the future?

Zhang Tingyu touched a white piece and a black piece, and placed them side by side on the chess table like this, "Guess who these two are?"

"……Who?"

Gu Huaishu couldn't figure it out, one was white and the other was black.

Looking down at the two chess pieces, Zhang Tingyu said: "One is Zhao Shenqiao, the other is his son... Zhao Fengzhao and Zhao Xiongzhao are brothers. With such courage, take a copy of "Nanshan Collection" and go to participate in impeachment? Although "Nanshan Collection" discusses the killing of the former Ming prince..."

That is the case of the third prince Zhu that Zhang Tingyu handled at the beginning.

"There is never a single word of rebellion. It is far-fetched, and he himself knows that behind the Nanshan case, how can he know that there is no crony dispute?"

Zhang Tingyu herself was just the one being targeted.

Gali, Manchuria Zhenghongqi, the current governor of Liangjiang, has been impeached many times for corruption.But Zhao Shenqiao's son, Zhao Fengzhao, even said that Gali was an upright official, and compared corruption to a woman's infidelity. Because Zhao Shenqiao was an upright official, Kangxi believed in what Zhao Fengzhao said.

Gali is a member of the prince's party, and Zhao Fengzhao is Gali's confidant, so naturally he also belongs to the prince's party.

It doesn't matter which party Zhao Shenqiao belongs to.

Zhang Tingyu pointed to the white piece and said, "This is Zhao Shenqiao."

Then he pointed to the sunspot again: "This is his son Zhao Fengzhao."

One is white, one is black, one is an honest official, and the other is a corrupt official.

Zhang Tingyu looked at the melting snow on the branches outside, and the unthankful plum blossoms, and said: "Today's humiliation will be repaid a hundred times by Zhao Shenqiao in the future; today's pain will be made to Zhao Shenqiao in the future."

He had already beheaded his disciples, who were teachers for one day and fathers for life, why not let Zhao Shenqiao taste what it was like to send his son to the execution ground.

How can a decisive decision be enough?

When the crown prince was abolished, Zhang Tingyu played tricks on it. Because of Zhang Tingzan's incident, he had already formed a deadly enmity with the crown prince. What's more, the Jiangning palace took care of Huaixiu. Now the old hatred has added a new one.

If the prince is not defeated, which way will he go?
Zhao Fengzhao's corruption is well known to everyone, we just need to see when Zhang Tingyu will let Zhao Shenqiao experience such pain.

He lowered his eyes slightly, but the murderous intent on his body was restrained at that moment.

Zhang Tingyu raised his hand to hold the two black and white chess pieces tightly, and then let them fall to the chessboard, mixing with other chess pieces.

The severe winter ice and snow melted, and soon after Hongmei reported the spring, the new year's exams began.

Zhang Tingyu was written by the Palace of the Imperial Academy, and now he is directly entering the Imperial Academy for examination.

This year, there is no designation of who will be the chief examiner, and the results will only be available before the exam. The exam will start on the eighth day of March, and the results of the bad exams will be released on the seventh day of March.

Those in the Hanlin Academy who participated in the poor test went to guard outside the palace gate, waiting for the result of the poor test.

The first announcement was made by the [-]th room officer and the invigilators below. Zhang Tingyu was never there. It was not until the word "President of the Examination" was read that the word Zhang Tingyu came out.

As usual, the chief executive of the examination will receive the order, and then he will take the people to Shuntian Gongyuan together.

But when Zhang Tingyu came out calmly and took over the imperial decree, the audience was eerily quiet for some reason.

crazy……

It is him again!
Zhao Shenqiao was almost blowing his beard and staring with anger!
There is only one examiner for this exam, and only Zhang Tingyu is the only one. Zhao Shenqiao, who was expected by everyone, didn't even get an examiner. How can he not be angry?
Originally, after Zhang Tingyu beheaded his protégé himself, he was in a state of unemployment. Everyone thought that killing his protégé was unjust, and at the same time he was implicated in Dai Mingshi's case. Who would have thought that he would make a comeback today?
I don't know how many people secretly regretted it, but Zhang Tingyu seemed to see none of them.

Zhang Tingyu was already very familiar with the road from the imperial palace to the Shuntian Gongyuan, so he led the people directly into the Gongyuan.

The news that Zhang Tingyu became the chief examiner again spread throughout the capital, causing an uproar.

But when it reached Gu Huaishu, she only let out a long sigh.

Today's Zhang Tingyu is no longer the Zhang Tingyu of the past.

Even if there are talented people in this department, no one dares to compare them to others.

Everyone thinks it's stupid to be a daughter of gold, but they don't know...

What a thousand-mile horse is to Bole is more than a thousand pieces of gold?

In the days when peaches and plums were everywhere, Zhang Tingyu only remembered beheading Dai Nanshan on the guillotine tonight.

There will be three exams, each for three days, and it is still lively and lively, except that it seems a little subtle because Zhang Tingyu is the only examiner, there is no other abnormality.

There is no such appalling thing as "Fan Jiuban" in this subject. Everything is extremely calm and fair. When the apricot list is released, after the candidates have read the comments on their answer sheets, no one will go to the Tribute Court to refute .There are also scholars who failed to look up at Fan Xiu's apricot list wall full of words, lamenting Fan Xiu's good luck back then, and thinking of Dai Mingshi's tragic end at the same time.

For Zhang Tingyu, it is mixed.

But in Kangxi's place, he completed his errands without a single mistake, and he did not become an official or a nobleman after he finished his work, and he was still a fourth-rank Nanshufang.

No one can understand Kangxi's attitude now. Even if everyone thinks that Zhang Tingyu has a bright future, no one dares to flatter him, let alone ask for impeachment.

Zhang Tingyu still walks and does things in the South Study Room as usual, but besides doing things, she often doesn't say a word.

The general examination is followed by the palace examination, and Zhang Tingyu is not in charge of the palace examination. He just helps sort out the answer papers of all the bachelors after they have been graded.

The gold list of the palace examination came out soon, and after the imperial examination, Kangxi ordered the Imperial Academy again. When these people all entered the Imperial Academy, the matter was finally over.

On this day, Zhang Tingyu went back early, but he didn't expect that a distinguished guest would come to the house after dinner in the evening.

When Gu Huaishu saw Kangxi, he didn't react at all. Now the whole family is sitting at the same table to eat, and there are a few children who have never seen Kangxi. They are all sitting there now, watching innocently. Lord Kangxi who came in.

Kangxi is in casual clothes today, and he is only in his fifties this year, and he looks in his sixties or seventies. Now that he came in and saw Zhang Tingyu and Gu Huaixiu both kneeling, he couldn't help but smile and said, "Get up, I'm in micro-clothes today. Originally It’s just that the palace is boring, and I came out to see some princes, and suddenly saw your family, thinking that it’s time to pass on the meal, so I simply came in to see if your cook’s skills have improved.”

Zhang Tingyu was really confused, but he only asked his servants to take a few children away, but Kangxi waved his hand: "Sit down and eat, children, and don't treat me like an emperor, I'm so tired."

Tired?
Who is not tired?

Gu Huaixiu felt ridiculed, and saw that Kangxi looked strong and calm, but San Dezi, who was standing behind Kangxi, waved lightly to Zhang Tingyu and his wife, motioning them to sit down.

Presumably, when Kangxi left the palace today, something sad happened again, right?
Kangxi came up and sat on the main seat, Zhang Tingyu sat next to him, and there were children sitting on both sides, and Zhang Buxiang. Kangxi said that the children would stay here, so Zhang Tingyu didn't ask the three children to leave the table.

"Long Live Lord today..."

"Today, I suddenly remembered how I saw Mingzhu come to your father's house for a meal in the past years. In a flash, it has been almost 20 years, and the years are rushing... Now that your father is gone, Zhang Fuzhen has also given it to you, and even your child. They've all grown up...why does this kid look so kind?"

Kangxi stared at Zhang Ruoai all the time.

Zhang Ruoai's eyeballs rolled around, looking smart and smart, he seemed to have thought about it: "You are the one who came to my house for dinner back then, the emperor, Grandpa Huang."

"Hahaha yes, that's me."

Kangxi laughed out loud and patted Zhang Ruoai's head.

"What a well-behaved child... I immediately thought of the prince who was much smarter than him when he was young..."

As soon as this kind of topic came up, Zhang Tingyu immediately stopped talking, and didn't even mean to interrupt.

They are all very sensitive words. Last year, in the third year after the crown prince was reinstated, a dispute broke out with Kangxi again. Although Zhang Tingyu was not there at the time, at least he heard about it.Some time ago, it was rumored that there was cheating in the provincial examination last year, but it has not yet brought trouble to Yuqian. I heard that it was also a dispute between the Baye Party and the Prince's Party.

The strife between the princes and henchmen in the court has become increasingly cruel. As a superior, how could Kangxi not know it?

The more he knows and the clearer his vision is, the more he suffers from the current situation.

But he is still the emperor after all, no matter how hard he is, he has to endure.

The matter of Dai Mingshi has not yet passed, Fang Xiaobiao was exhumed and flogged his body, and his Fang clan members Fang Bao and Fang Shiyu are still in prison, because there is no conclusion yet on the matter of writing a preface to "Nanshan Collection" , but this matter is no longer under Zhang Tingyu's control.

To Kangxi, it was like the crossed word, Zhang Tingyu felt very calm.

Kangxi asked someone to serve him a meal, and then used the vegetables. Seeing Gu Huaixiu standing on the side without making a sound, he said, "Gu San, Gu San, you were still showing your teeth and claws in front of me a few years ago..."

How dare Gu Huaishu compete with Kangxi?
She just bowed and said: "After what happened back then, the minister's wife has cultivated herself at home and dared not cause trouble."

"Where is there?" Zhang Ruoai came out and complained, and laughed, "My mother is amazing, she can also set off firecrackers to scare people! That thing is amazing, my mother said that a single shot can kill many people, even if it is shot People will die if they don’t reach people.”

"Brother Margaret!"

Gu Huaishu was really going to be taken aback by this kid, but she immediately understood what Geer Ai meant.

At the beginning, Gu Huaishu took the firecrackers of the Fourteenth Master and Irene, and frightened Li Si'er and Long Kedo with a single shot. It was just a result of excitement, but Brother Ai liked it very much.

Boys like these things, what can Gu Huaixiu do?
But such things as firecrackers are only available in the Firearms Camp, and it is already rare for folks to find a shotgun. Gu Huaishou finally coaxed him to forget about it.

After that, Brother Margaret didn't mention it, but now he said it out of the way.

The kid looked at Kangxi's thick thighs, so he wanted to hug them.

Sure enough, Kangxi became interested as soon as he heard it: "Your mother also knows how to fire guns?"

"My mother's aim is really good, she can shoot a vase from a distance of ten feet... But my mother said that only the Firearms Camp has firecrackers, and my mother borrowed them from Miss Irene at the time..."

Zhang Ruoai looked at Kangxi eagerly.

Now Kangxi is like a benevolent old man, much taller than ordinary old masters, and he doesn't see the coldness and murder when he was wearing a dragon robe and throwing the zhezi on the imperial case.

Kangxi only said: "I remember Irene, she followed the old fourteen and the prince for a while, but then went to Guangzhou with the missionaries. Do you really like firecrackers? I have plenty of firecrackers. I will let you have fun later. Let's play!"

"Your Majesty..." Zhang Tingyu finally couldn't help it, and wanted to persuade him a few words.

Kangxi waved his hand: "It's just a child. I'm rich all over the world, and I rule the world. What's a mere firecracker? Go to Rehe in half a month, and visit the outside of the Great Wall. You can follow, and let your brother Ai follow. Old ten Si's marksmanship is the best, and there are still many good players in the firearms battalion in the future, how can I, a man of the Qing Dynasty, rule the world with just writing and ink? It's a good thing to like firecrackers. Your wife will follow along to take care of him..."

After finishing speaking, Kangxi picked up the roasted goose palm with a chopstick and started to eat it with his head full.

Zhang Tingyu and Gu Huaixiu looked at each other like this, Zhang Tingyu shook his head slightly, Gu Huaixiu didn't say anything, and knelt down to thank him.

After finishing the meal, Kangxi said a few more words with Sister Xiang and Brother Lin, and then San Dezi reminded him that it was time to go back to the palace, and Kangxi left.

The whole family sent Kangxi out on their knees. Seeing Yujia leave, Zhang Tingyu sighed: "Take off the dragon robe and leave the dragon chair, he is just a bad old man."

Fortunately, there were only Gu Huaishu and Zhang Tingyu here, no one else could hear them, otherwise it would be a disaster if they were stabbed out.

Gu Huaixiu thought about it, why not?
The four words "Ninth Five-Year Lord" seem to have a natural magical power, making everyone who seems to be able to touch them try their best to put on a dragon robe and sit on a dragon chair, just like wearing a thick armor .

From this, Gu Huaishu thought of Prince Yong.

She sighed slowly, and she had already reached the steps, knowing that the external influence on Zhang Tingyu brought by the incident since Dai Mingshi would be wiped out in this way.

This time when Yujia went to Rehe, he made an exception and ordered the minister's wife and children, which was a great kindness. Seeing Kangxi in such a state again tonight, why don't you understand?

Seeing the bright lights in the room, the doubts that had been suppressed in Gu Huaishu's heart for a long time finally came up again. She turned her head and asked Zhang Tingyu: "During Longmian Mountain, Shen Qu used to write with his left hand, but you seem to..."

Zhang Tingyu stopped, and looked back at her, only narrowing his eyes: "Does his son have to look more and more like my wife?"

This matter, after all, was a thorn in his heart.

Gu Huaishu finally knew that she still couldn't let go of the deception that year, and the scars in her heart were healed and then uncovered, and the back and forth never stopped.

"I was suspicious..."

Zhang Tingyu took her hand into the room, and said: "I am narrow-minded, I can tolerate my elder brother, but I may not be able to tolerate his father, let's take a step, let's take a step. Wangxian... Wangxian, she will handle it herself .”

The implication is that Zhang Wangxian's son took care of it himself.

Gu Huaishu nodded, passed the curtain, and sat down with a sigh of relief.

Zhang Tingyu slowly poured a cup of tea for her: "It looks like you'll be leaving for Rehe soon, and you've made arrangements for things in the mansion and the capital in the near future, and I'll inquire about other news slowly."

I don't know who the follower is, so be careful in everything.

(End of this chapter)