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

Chapter 248 Full of Prosperity
The rural examination ends in February, and the general examination will be prepared in August. During this period of time, the emperor personally visits the Old Summer Palace, and the important ones among the ministers and workers go there with kindness.

Zhang Tingyu is naturally on this list.

Originally, Zhang Tingyu was appointed as the chief examiner of the examination, but this time Zhang Tingyu and Zhang Ruoai, the second son of the Zhang family, were both going to participate in the examination. Logically, Zhang Tingyu still wanted to avoid suspicion, so the examiner was named, and the rest would not be handled by him.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Ruoai won the first place in the test when the rankings were released in August, and his fourth uncle Zhang Tingyuan was also in fifth place, which really shocked the government and the public.

Zhang Tingyu also had a headache, so he called Zhang Ruoai to scold Zhang Ruoai on the day the ranking was released, but Zhang Tingyu burst out laughing.

In the world, there is a nephew who did better than his uncle in the exam, and there are still two tributes from the same school. According to the ranking of the two, they will enter the palace and become a Jinshi in the exam, but it is only a matter of time.

After the rankings were released at the end of August, Zhang Tingyu was both happy and worried.

He is now Minister of the Ministry of Rites, a Bachelor of the Cabinet, a Bachelor of the Imperial Academy, and the President of the National History Museum. Needless to say, he works in the South Study Room. The meaning of "History of Ming Dynasty" is really a headache.

Not long after appointing him as the gentleman of the princes, Yongzheng issued another edict, granting Zhang Tingyu the title of "Prince Taibao", and now he has become Taifu again.

On a person's head?So many titles are logically enough, what's more, Zhang Ying was born as a Jinshi, so I won't mention it for the time being, and Zhang Tingzan has gone, so I won't mention it for the time being.

Zhang Tingyu, who was born in Jinshi Hanlin; Hanlin.

In this way, in the two dynasties alone, the Zhang family will produce six Jinshi.

The poor have the troubles of the poor, the rich have the troubles of the rich, and Zhang Tingyu has the troubles of Zhang Tingyu.

The brothers have passed the exam, and the juniors have to take the exam. The generation of nephews also have to study, and they have to avoid suspicion every time. I don’t know how many years it will take to master Wenheng and be the chief examiner once.

Not only that, but he was even more afraid that the tree would attract the wind. All Zhang Ying's troubles back then fell on Zhang Tingyu's head.

He finally couldn't help complaining to Gu Huaishu: "Why can't my son be more stupid?"

Gu Huaishu finally gave him a blank look, didn't speak to him, and let him go on his own.

Just after the examination, it was the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the palace issued an order. Xu Chengong brought orders from various governments to the palace for a small gathering, and there was no festival, after all, it hadn't been three years yet.

Zhang Tingyu brought Gu Huaishu into the palace, but he didn't expect to have other things to do tonight.

Yinzhen suffered greatly from the seizure of his heir in the last years of Kangxi, so he naturally knew the danger. He told several confidant ministers, including Zhang Tingyu, to discuss the establishment of a reserve in the Hall of Mental Cultivation.In front of the ministers, he wrote the imperial edict by hand and sealed it in the box to build a secret edict for the storage box;If one day Yongzheng dies, according to today's agreement, we will build a storage box and make a secret decree to the House of Internal Affairs to know who is the crown prince.

No one was not curious about what was written in the secret decree, but one was hung behind the upright plaque, and the other was sealed in the House of Internal Affairs. Unless Yongzheng died, he would never see the light of day. Even if he was curious, he would have no way of knowing the contents.

At that time, Yinzhen's eyes were very strange, he only stared at the upright plaque, as if he had tens of thousands of emotions, but finally fell silent.

When Zhang Tingyu and the others withdrew from the palace, they happened to meet the princes who came to pay their respects. Taking a quick look, the eyes of these princes were the same as those of the princes who greeted Kangxi back then.

Royal, isn't it a reincarnation?
Looking back, the shadow of Yinzhen with his hands behind his back fell into the deep and shallow brilliance of the hall, and it turned out to be indistinct.

When Kangxi was emperor, Yinzhen was longing for something, and now when he is emperor, their son is longing for something.

Born in a heavenly family, who doesn't want to be the emperor and sit on the dragon chair?
Those who have sat on it feel that the dragon chair is uncomfortable, but are reluctant to let it go. Those who have not sat on it are full of expectations, so they scramble to grab it.

Zhang Tingyu only came out with others, then went to the imperial garden and entered the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet.

However, when he glanced around, he didn't see Gu Huaishu.

At this moment, Gu Huaishu had just received a biography from Su Peisheng, saying that Long Live Lord wanted to see him.

This was the first time that Gu Huaishu entered the palace after the death of Kangxi, but the "Long Live" person had been replaced by someone else, and the ones serving the emperor were replaced by Li Dequan and Liang Jiugong, and replaced by Su Peisheng and Gao Wuyong.

"Eunuch Su can just call a little eunuch, why come here by himself?"

Gu Huaishu said politely, but walked forward naturally.

Su Peisheng dared to do it in front of others, but he never dared to do it in front of Gu Huaixiu, and said repeatedly: "I haven't seen you for a long time, I was panicking, so I just came here by myself, what is your identity?" , why bother to deliberately ask questions to embarrass the slave?"

"I said earlier that I have the same identity as you."

Gu Huaixiu didn't even look back, it was already past the time to light the lanterns, the road in the palace was a bit dark, but the maids with lanterns on both sides had low eyebrows and were very cute.

The light shone on the ground in front of it, crowding out the moonlight.

She replied: "How come Long Live Lord suddenly remembered to see me?"

Now that Yinzhen has become the emperor, it is a blessing that these slaves who work below can save their lives. Gu Huaishu is a female generation, and it is impossible for them to be as high-ranking and rich as Nian Gengyao and Longkodo , Sealed to Mrs. Yipin already?God.

Walking in the palace is not easy, Gu Huaishu is still cautious.

"This one……"

Su Peisheng knew about the establishment of the reserve, and after thinking about it, he simply said nonsense: "Maybe there is something important?"

Who knows if there is something urgent?

Lord Long Live is actually a very casual person, whether he is moody or willful, but in fact, the emperor's thoughts are clearly understood by those who serve him, Su Peisheng and Gao Wuyong are the best among them.However, when I think about it sometimes, Mrs. Zhang may not know the emperor, but she doesn't know everything about the emperor.

In a way, Gu San is still Yinzhen's bosom friend.

Thoughts were spinning in a mess in my heart, and I arrived at the Hall of Mental Cultivation in a short while.

Gu Huaishu stood forward, the terrazzo floor under his feet seemed to have been waxed, and the light could be seen, reflecting the lights on both sides.

The palace gate is deep, the full moon hangs high, the sparks are shining, and the surroundings are silent.

Su Peisheng went in and gave a pass, and after a while, a voice came from inside, very softly: "Tell her to come in."

So, in a blink of an eye, Su Peisheng came out and asked Gu Huaishu to go in, but he didn't go in and waited outside.

After all, I was not at ease in my heart. When I went in, Gu Huaishu was still a little hesitant.

After entering the door and turning to the left, Gu Huaishu remembered that this place looked familiar.

The place where Kangxi forced her to use the knife, and even the bookshelves on both sides are the same as before. There is a desk next to the window, with chairs next to it, no one on it, and a throne in front, on which Yinzhen sits cross-legged, It seems to be sitting in meditation, holding eighteen agarwood beads in his hand, covering his eyes and making no sound.

Gu Huaishu couldn't figure out what was going on today, and he didn't dare to disturb him, so he knelt down and waited silently after thinking about it.

There is a blanket in the room, but it is soft and not cold.

The incense in the incense burner is agarwood, and you can tell that it is the best material when you smell it, and the smoke that comes out is very pure.

Gu Huaishu kept his head buried, didn't dare to look up, and he didn't know how long he knelt before he heard his head?There is sound.

"Isn't it always bold? Why don't you dare to look up?"

Now that Yinzhen is the emperor, there is an unspeakable majesty in his voice.

He pinched a Buddhist bead and looked down at Gu Huaixiu. Today, this woman is dressed simply and her hair is a little grayer, but her skin is not bad, but in the end...

Years are not forgiving.

"You're ugly."

"The slave does not."

Gu Huaixiu couldn't help frowning, but raised his eyes, but after thinking about it, he felt that there was nothing to argue with the emperor, so he closed his mouth resentfully.

She's just getting older, that's all.

Yinzhen just made a secret edict early today, and suddenly got up to call her. He didn't mean to talk in depth at the moment, so he just said: "I... I wrote an edict today, and it was abolished once. Do you want to read it?" see?"

On the few cases at hand, there was also a scattered imperial edict, Yinzhen raised his hand and threw it in front of Gu Huaishu.

At that moment, Gu Huaishu buried his head deeply, folded his hands in front of his body, touched his forehead to the back of his hands, fell on the ground and said: "I dare not."

Just take a look, you can know what is written in this edict, and who owns this world in the future, but Gu Huaixiu can't read it.

Look, she can't afford to goug out her eyes, she's not a fool.

There was the sound of clothes rubbing against each other, and then the sound of Buddha beads colliding, a piece of bright yellow clothes came to her side, and Yinzhen, who is now the ninety-five lord, looked down at her like this.

"It's a pity that you are a woman, otherwise I would have promised you a high official and rich salary, and praised you for being so loyal. But shoulder to shoulder, I will definitely give you a way of life, and also give you a way of prosperity and wealth, how dare you walk on it once?"

This is what Gu Huaixiu said back then.

Gu Huaixiu closed his eyes, and after a long time, he replied: "I only want a way out, the rest don't dare to extravagant."

"Is there anything else you dare not do?"

Yinzhen can't hear "dare not dare", now he only feels hypocrisy.

"Back when the knife rested on your neck, I didn't see you saying you didn't dare, but now you don't dare... Gu San, Gu San, call twice, tell me the truth, let me hear you?"

the truth?

Gu Huaishu couldn't hold back and said: "Now that you are the emperor, there is no truth in the world."

"Your words are very true."

Yinzhen laughed, turned around, and walked around Gu Huaishu.

This place is still the same, but everything else has changed.

Yinzhen thought about it carefully, then glanced at it and threw it on the ground, wrote the scrapped imperial edict, and suddenly said: "I heard from Li Wei that you still know Buddhism well?"

"...The slave doesn't understand."

Gu Huaixiu frowned secretly, where did this kid Li Wei talk nonsense?

But Yinzhen didn't care about it, he said: "Everything is vain, and it is even more empty if a Buddha comes to experience the world of mortals. I think this dragon chair is not easy to sit on, and life is boring. It is no different from hell."

"If you don't go to hell, who will go to hell?"

Gu Huaishu could tell that the co-author of Long Live Today is a little sick, or he is enlightened to Zen and ignorance.

The Buddha said, if I don't go to hell, who will go to hell?
Yinzhen suddenly threw the Buddhist beads to the ground and said, "Go away."

Moody, really accurate to the extreme.

Gu Huaixiu kowtowed and knelt down: "The slave will leave."

After finishing speaking, he retreated slowly, and he was relieved until he left the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

Treating the throne as hell, the fourth master must have tasted what it's like to be an emperor.He said in the early years that he didn't know what it was like to sit on the dragon chair and become the emperor. Maybe he would regret it after sitting on the dragon chair.

Su Peisheng hurried over and called out in a low voice, "Ma'am?"

Gu Huai's sleeves and legs were a little weak, so he helped Su Peisheng's hand, frowned, and turned around, only to find that there were several people dressed as concubines standing outside, and Nian Chenyu was among them, standing behind Nala , squeezed the handkerchief, and took a look at Gu Huaishu.

So, it was so easy, Gu Huaishu remembered what happened in Nianfu back then.

She bowed to pay her respects: "The courtier's wife greets the Empress, Nian Guifei, Xi Concubine, and several masters and young masters."

After all, she is still a first-rank imperial order, although there are differences between internal and external orders, but the rank is placed, and there is a word "and" after it, which is already considered as a way of saving face.

Nala knew a little about Gu Huaixiu, Niu Hulu, the concubine of Xi, also knew that Yinzhen had such a servant in Yuanmingyuan, not to mention that Hongli was reprimanded for that incident, Nian Chenyu was even more I couldn't be more familiar with Gu Huaishu.

After Gu Huaixiu saluted, Nala called out, and said goodbye, the masters and young masters went in, while Gu Huaixiu was escorted out by Su Peisheng.

"What's wrong with you?" Su Peisheng was a little surprised.

Gu Huaishu went in and knelt down for a long while, but now he was still a little confused, he always felt that it was too strange to ask her to come here for no reason and not say anything.

"You ask me, who should I ask? I can't figure out what Lord Long Live is thinking."

I dare not guess.

At the edge of the imperial garden, Su Peisheng went back, Gu Huaishu returned to the table, saw someone looking for him, and only when someone told Zhang Tingyu that there was nothing wrong, did he settle down.

After tonight, the imperial decree arrived the next morning, posthumously conferring on Zhang Tingyu's great-grandfather and grandfather the crown prince and Taibao, and concubine Wu as Yipin's wife. Zhang Tingyu was specially granted to supervise the palace examination without avoiding suspicion. After the palace examination, he was allowed to return to his ancestral home Tongcheng to repair the ancestral temple for a period of three months. , give 5000 taels of silver, dozens of cars, and several escorts of servants and guards.

Adding such honor and favor to the Zhang family made Zhang Tingyu even more jealous.

Considering that Nian Gengyao and Longkodo received more rewards than him, although it is not too frightening, it would be a lie to say that they were not vigilant.

It's just that the imperial decree came down, and I dare not disobey it.

Zhang Tingyu presided over the palace examination, and specially selected his son Zhang Ruoai from the No. 60 Scholar and threw him into the No. [-], and Zhang Tingyu, who was the No. [-] in the Second Class, was ranked No. [-], and then reported to Yongzheng.Unexpectedly, after Yongzheng reviewed the papers, he would directly pick out the two answer papers and ask Zhang Tingyu to blame, saying that the two people answered the papers very well, but the ranking was wrong.

Zhang Tingyu can only tell the truth, but Yongzheng only said: "You don't avoid relatives when you are a virtuous person, Master Zhang doesn't have to do that."

But how could Zhang Tingyu let a father and son produce two champions?Only to beg again and again, at least he was picked up into a flower, and then he breathed a sigh of relief.

Zhang Ruo'ai was a probationer for Enke, Zhang Tingyu was ranked No. [-] in the second class, and was awarded a Jinshi background. The two uncles and nephews were naturally selected for the Imperial Academy.

A six Jinshi, unexpectedly come true.

On the contrary, according to Yongzheng's decree, he left for Tongcheng in October. The scenery was endless, and the ancestral temple was rebuilt, which was in the limelight for a while.

As soon as people left the capital, things began to decrease.

It's just that Zhang Tingyu has already fixed the system of secret memorials, and the emperor is still busy with the emperor's busy day and night, so Zhang Tingyu will naturally hand over a notebook from time to time.

After the reconstruction of the ancestral temple was completed, Zhang Tingyu gave Yongzheng a Taoist scripture again, and then prepared for the New Year.

The winter in the south of the Yangtze River is cold and wet. Zhang Tingyu and Gu Huaishu came back from Longmian Mountain and were about to take a rest. They didn't expect to accept a greeting card as soon as they arrived at the Zhang family's mansion.

"I heard that Shen Qi was ill for a long time before seeing him well. I don't know what the situation is like now..."

As soon as Zhang Tingyu turned over the greeting card, he said a word.

Gu Huaixiu said: "He must have brought three thousand with him, but Li Wei is now on a business in Yanyi Road in Yunnan, and he is afraid that he will not be able to come back. Before he left Beijing, he saw the documents from the Ministry of Officials, and he will be added to the post next year Shi, the promotion is fast. Don't even think about it, after all, you owe him."

It is owed to take.

Zhang Tingyu threw the greeting card to the side: "Come on."

(End of this chapter)