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

Chapter 265 Extra Story Mr. Zhang Has Something to Say ([-])

Before resigning, Zhou Daoxin had already thought clearly that this place was not suitable for him.

He married the daughter of Li Guangdi, a senior scholar of the dynasty, and he was a Jinshi himself. It can be said that he will continue to be an official in the court, and his future is limitless. Zhang Tingyu's heart is black, and he is not as ruthless as him, and he doesn't think he can do such a thing.

This field of fame and fortune is really too tiring.

If you are tired, just rest.

He has known Zhang Tingyu for a long time.

He has a weird temper and likes to delve into some strange things. Everyone who sees him wants to stay away from him, but one day Zhang Tingyu sat under the teahouse and listened to the stories from the people above.

At that time, a group of literati came, reciting poems and writing poems, so unrestrained.

As a result, Zhou Daoxin's temper also came up.

With a glass of wine in his hand, he began to talk about bones, blood, and flesh...

In a blink of an eye everyone was gone.

In the noisy teahouse, there were only two people left.

One Zhang Tingyu, one Zhou Daoxin.

Naturally, Zhou Daoxin glanced at Zhang Tingyu, but Zhang Tingyu didn't look back, but continued to listen to the storyteller in front of him.

At that time, it happened to be about warming wine and killing Huaxiong, and it was murderous and majestic, but it was a pity that few people listened to it, which made the storyteller feel a little embarrassed.

The old storyteller hated Zhou Daoxin the most. Every time he sat down and the crowd became lively, accidents would happen in no time.

Today, the old man finally couldn't bear it anymore, threw the gavel in his hand, pointed at Zhou Daoxin's nose and cursed: "Stinky boy, are you here to find trouble? Be careful, I'll have someone beat you out!"

Zhou Daoxin smiled, raised his hand and pointed to the hat on his head and the clothes he was wearing, he was very sorry: "I'm sorry, old man, I'm a scholar."

Even the officials dare not fight, how can a little old man provoke a person with a reputation?

Isn't this just kidding?

The old man went dumb for a moment. Zhang Tingyu next to him was holding a tea bowl and peeled out a peanut. He hadn't eaten it yet. Seeing that the storyteller was arguing with Zhou Daoxin next to him, he turned his attention and looked at Zhou Daoxin.

Zhou Daoxin clearly remembered that Zhang Tingyu's eyes were too calm, as if he didn't see anything.

"Why didn't you leave?"

Before Zhang Tingyu could speak, Zhou Daoxin asked without holding back.

Zhang Tingyu said: "Listen to the book."

The old storyteller was stunned, and then remembered that he was still receiving money from the teahouse, so even if there were two of them, he had to continue storytelling.

So, the old man stood up and started talking about "Three Kingdoms" again, only talking about the murderous aura in the part about beheading Huaxiong, as if the person who was beheaded was Zhou Daoxin.

Zhou Daoxin was amused. Seeing the old man resting after finishing this paragraph, he hurried up to stop him: "Old man, have you ever seen beheading? Let me tell you, the head of this person should be beheaded, or It requires a lot of strength. Tell me, in what posture was that Hua Xiong beheaded? Two people are fighting on horseback, think about it..."

That's right, he went up to pull people and started discussing these details.

Zhou Daoxin was not a good person, he was born with a bad personality, and his words were so bloody that the storyteller's face turned pale. He yelled "Wow", and immediately ran outside.

This time, maybe the old man knew that Zhou Daoxin was not easy to mess with.

So the storyteller was scared away, and the waiter who was serving tea stood far outside, as if he hadn't seen anything, and didn't dare to approach at all.

Zhou Daoxin finally looked at Zhang Tingyu, and unceremoniously sat opposite Zhang Tingyu: "My Zhou Daoxin, I don't know what to call you?"

Then, he saw the white-robed man in front of him put down the teacup, and said, "My surname is Zhang, my name is Tingyu, and my name is Hengchen."

The first one sounded so familiar that Zhou Daoxin forgot to write his own words. Instead, he pondered for a while, and suddenly asked, "Who is Zhang Tingzan respected?"

The face of Zhang Tingyu on the opposite side gradually became pale, and when he glanced at Zhou Daoxin, Zhou Daoxin felt a piece of ice-cold on his spine.

He is born with good intuition, so he felt the coldness of that moment immediately.

Zhang Tingyu didn't turn his face, and said: "That's my brother."

"It turns out that your Excellency is also the son of Mr. Zhang Ying's family. Disrespect and disrespect!" Zhou Daoxin smiled again and cupped his hands.

This time, Zhang Tingyu's complexion was not very good again.

It wasn't until a long time later that Zhou Daoxin gradually became acquainted with Zhang Tingyu, and Zhou Daoxin realized that it was a miracle that he didn't die at this time.

Zhang Tingyu is too hypocritical, not that there is anything wrong with being a human being, but that his methods are first-class and vicious.

Zhang Ying and Zhang Tingzan are the two names that weigh the most on this hypocrite. His father is a capable man, and his eldest brother is also a stunningly talented person. As the second son, Zhang Tingyu has always been in a kind of artificial obscurity. live.

It was like when Zhou Daoxin heard Zhang Tingyu for the first time and thought his name was familiar, it was because of his elder brother.

It was like when Zhou Daoxin greeted Zhang Tingyu for the first time, he used "Master Zhang Ying's son", it was because of his father.

But in the future, Zhang Hengchen seems to want to get rid of these two names, so day by day, day by day...

Zhou Daoxin couldn't understand.

Maybe it's not that Zhou Daoxin can't understand Zhang Tingyu, but that he has never understood this officialdom.

I thought that with Zhang Tingyu's temperament, he looks easy to get along with, but he is actually a dark-hearted person. It should be said that he can't find a wife. Who would have thought that he would go back to Tongcheng with his father, and marry a woman shortly after returning to the capital? Beautiful girl.

scare!
Really scared to death!

Miss Gu San is well-known in the capital, not to mention her beauty, she can play well with men, and she is not much better than those dudes.

Hearing that the two families were engaged, Zhou Daoxin really spit out two sips of tea.

What else does Gu San have besides that face?
I have known Zhang Tingyu for many years, but I didn't expect that this person is also a master who reads people's appearance?
Well, that's actually true.

Men, who doesn't like beautiful women?This Gu San seems to be a bit more voluptuous than Li Zhen'er, and Zhang Tingyu is a blessed one.

Zhou Daoxin thought, he shouldn't have thought that way.

Facts have proved that Mrs. Zhang Er is a professional face slapper, Zhou Daoxin still feels pain in the face.

Then where is the woman who is like a dandy?Clearly dignified and cunning like a fox.

Not to mention that Gu San is full of beauty, even if she is an idiot inside, just looking at her figure and face, no matter how tall she is married, it is not surprising.

But with this calculation, Gu San is actually considered a low-marriage?

At that time, Zhang Tingyu was really powerless, powerful and famous. How did these two get together in a muddle? Zhou Daoxin only had a lot of hearsay.

At that time, he hadn't realized that the husband and wife were equally dark-hearted, so they were such a good match.

It's just that by the time he knew it, it was already too late.

Zhang Tingyu Jiang Ning failed the rankings and was delayed in the second subject examination. After Gu San fell into the water, his whole person changed obviously. From the outside, he was still the second master Wen Wen at that time, but if he cut it open, inside, It might be solid ice.

After Zhang Tingyu was admitted to the imperial examination, he once drank with him in the Hanlin Academy, and there was no one around. At that time, his eldest brother had "died of illness".

Zhou Daoxin also gradually knew about Zhang Tingyu's stay at home, but he also knew that he and Zhang Tingzan were truly brothers, so he didn't say much.

At that time, Zhang Er still had such a flat expression on his face, but he said: "How does it feel to be under one person and above ten thousand?"

Zhou Daoxin was taken aback by him and almost dropped the wine glass in his hand.

Then Zhang Tingyu smiled softly and said, "Just talk."

Is it really just talking?

Zhang Tingyu’s guilt towards Gu San and his desire for power were actually deeply engraved in him at that moment. deep in the eyes.

Zhou Daoxin knew that it was the eyes of ambition.

And Zhang Tingyu's heart is called ambition.

It seems that he should have known earlier that a person like Zhang Tingyu has endured and hibernated for so many years, and once he makes a big hit, he is already a blockbuster.

The first shadow he needed to shake off was his eldest brother, and then his father.

Sure enough, not long after Zhang Tingzan left, Zhang Ying made way for his son and begged to go back.

But I don't know how Zhang Tingyu will feel when he sees his father leave the court where he has been busy for half his life?
The Zhang family has been like this from generation to generation, just like the Mingzhu family, but they are more low-key and rigorous than them. They changed from Zhang Ying to Zhang Tingzan, and from Zhang Tingzan to Zhang Tingyu.

Thus, Zhou Daoxin gradually learned about the horror of ambition.

Zhang Tingyu became more and more incomprehensible.

Although scholars are the weakest and most spineless in troubled times, in prosperous times, scholars don't seem to be like Zhang Tingyu, but as the chief examiner of the township examination, he is also the person most concerned by all scholars. Called a generation of Confucianism.

Such a person is proficient in theories of various schools, but can maneuver freely in the court.

In the Shuntian Township Examination that year, one Fan Jiuban, one Dai Mingshi, Mr. Zhang wrote an essay on the imperial street, and before that, there was an article "Ode on Not Eating Mutton", which was famous in the capital...

At that time, it was resplendent and brilliant, like peach blossoms, scorching its splendor, so dazzling that it was impossible to stare at it.

Counting the romantic literati in those days, who is better than Zhang Tingyu?
But this man unjustly killed the innocent Third Prince Zhu, and even wiped out his nine clans.

I still remember that when he was in the Ministry of Criminal Justice, when he saw Zhang Tingyu appearing, he really felt an indescribable irony.

changed.

Or maybe, that was the case.

Zhang Tingyu has never seen clearly than him, and is more adaptable to this officialdom.

After feeling the naturalness shown by Zhang Tingyu, Zhou Daoxin realized more deeply that he is actually not suitable for this path.

The way back to the mansion that day seemed extraordinarily long, and Zhu Cihuan's laughter was always in his mind.

Winner and loser...

It was also that night, after he and Li Zhen'er were happy, he didn't smile at all.

Li Zhen'er is a good wife and mother, she has her own scheming methods, but she always listens to him, at least she doesn't show anything on the surface.

Although he is inferior to Gu Sanyi in intelligence, he is much better than others.

With such a lady in the mansion, it also relieves a lot of worry.

"But what happened?" she asked him.

Zhou Daoxin said: "Zhang Tingyu will definitely be an extremely human minister in the future."

At that time, Li Zhener said: "You will too."

Yes.

Zhou Daoxin always felt that he never lacked talent, what he lacked was ambition.

But he didn't tell Li Zhen'er that he didn't know at this time that he would eventually choose to quit such a vanity fair.

Dirty and disgusting.

As Zhang Tingyu's close friend, Zhou Daoxin chose to draw a line with Zhang Tingyu.

But gradually, the party disputes in the court also began to spread to him. It's not a big deal to support the fourth master or the eighth master, but he doesn't want to mess with Zhang Tingyu.

It's just that the case was still implicated after all.

Dai Mingshi Nanshan collection case.

It can be seen that Zhang Tingyu really appreciates this student, and promoted him like this, but he did not expect that it would end like this in the end.

Dai Mingshi, a gentleman, Zhaohua, has a brilliant literary talent and a romantic manner.

Even when Zhou Daoxin read his article, he couldn't help admiring him, but...

On that day, Zhou Daoxin stood far away from the guillotine and saw Dai Mingshi kneeling on it.

Master Tiandi, who is he kneeling under Dai Mingshi?

If you don't kneel to the sky, don't kneel to the ground, you probably don't want to kneel to the king, and your relatives are separated. He kneels to the teacher.

Thinking of that sentence when he passed away, the generosity can't help but make people cry.

Even if Zhang Tingyu personally sent him to the guillotine, he still recognized this gentleman.

Zhou Daoxin closed his eyes after all, he couldn't bear to watch this scene, but he knew that Zhang Tingyu on the supervisory platform might be pinching his palm, forcing himself to watch this scene with wide eyes.

The emperor wanted to force him to behead his students.

Your heart is unpredictable.

Zhang Tingyu also had no choice.

Who is at fault is irrelevant.

And Zhou Daoxin finally felt that he and Zhang Tingyu were not the same people.

It's nothing more than pretending to be a snake.

Until Shi Fang's incident came out, he saw that Zhang Tingyu had no conscience at all, but what's the use of having a conscience in the court?
Shi Fang was a relic of the Ming Dynasty, and he was also a person whose hands were stained with blood. He deserved death, and Zhang Tingyu was not wrong.

However, this incident reminded Zhou Daoxin of the people and things Zhang Tingyu had killed and done a long time ago, and also of what he had done in the court all these years.

Even if you continue to stay, can you really be a minister?

He cannot become Zhang Tingyu, just like Nian Chenyu cannot become Gu San.

Since it cannot be forced, there is no need to force it.

Zhou Daoxin left with a seal, and with Li Zhen'er, he would be able to live comfortably for the rest of his life. As for the ups and downs of the wind and clouds and the turmoil of fame and fortune, let Zhang Hengchen play slowly...

When leaving Beijing, Li Zhen'er once said something that Zhou Daoxin remembered deeply, until the new emperor ascended the throne, he was gray-haired, and he still remembered it from time to time.

"Not all women can be as beautiful as Gu San, and not all women can be as smart as her. I don't have her beauty, nor her scheming. But in my whole life, how can she expect it? Even if you are sitting on a lifetime of glory and wealth, you may not be able to get what you want. After working hard for a lifetime, in the end, what is it for?"

Li Zhen'er's voice sounded like waves in Zhou Daoxin's ears.

"Gu San is the great fortune of the world, but also the great misfortune of the world."

So Zhou Daoxin thought of Zhang Tingyu.

Ambition knows no bounds.

When he stood on a high place, he began to feel a greater restraint.

He might be able to turn his hands into clouds, and turn his hands into rain, but "under one person", isn't it true that being with a king is like a tiger?
Can an extremely human minister really satisfy his ambition?
(End of this chapter)