The second day is the twenty-second day of September, Gu Tangzhang's house hangs the lantern knot and opens the colorful screen to set up a phoenix mattress. All the sheng flute drum music only uses the sound of Qingping to pass through the alleys, and the fang market hears each other. Zhang You took Zhang Xian, Zhang Chai, Zhang Yan, Zhang Ling, and Zhang Qu to greet Zhang Wang in front of Gutang Bridge, and Zhang Yao, Zhang Kui, Zhang Zhen, Zhang Bi, and Zhang Dou greeted Zhang Pei with Zhang Li and Zhang Zhan in the sedan hall.

As soon as the princes and officials arrived, they were all invited to take a seat at the Qingxi Hall. Everyone saw each other and gave in, and then took a seat. The top two seats are vacant, and on the left side of the following are the princes of Heyang Palace, Jingchang Marquis Mansion, Enping Marquis Mansion, Zhongxian Bofu and other princes and the former left capital Yushi Yunying, the former political envoy Fan Taosheng, the former Dali Temple Secretary Yuan Long, the former Guozi Priest Li Jing, the Hanlin Bachelor Sheng Yingyu, and the Mingyang Academy Mountain Changcheng Ye Zhi and other in-laws and relatives. The accompanying guest is Lin Hai. On the right are the main Zhang Pei, Zhang Li, Zhang Zhan, Lu Guang, the secretary of the Jiangning Ministry of Rites, Zhang Li, the secretary of the Jiangning Ministry of Officials, Ji Wanquan, the secretary of the Jiangning Military Department and the garrison general, Liao Tiansheng, the governor of Yingtian, Zuo Puyin of Jiangnan Xuezheng, Xie Guozijian of Nanjing, Dong Li, the prefect of Changzhou, and Su Ming of Wujin Zhixian County. The accompanying guest is Huang Xing. Zhang Wang led the brothers to stand only outside the hall.

After the tea, the prince of Heyang got up and led the crowd to invite Wu Taijun to come out and take a seat. Zhang Pei was humble and ordered Zhang Wang to lead his brothers and nephews to Chenghui Hall to invite him. On the side of Chenghui Hall, Wu Taijun already had Mrs. Zhang, Li, and Hong's to serve according to the makeup, and Zhang Wang and others boarded the sedan chair when they arrived at Wu Taijun, and went all the way to Qingxi Hall. Here, Zhang Pei and Wang Shizi of Heyang led the people to meet outside the hall early. After entering the Qingxi Hall, everyone respectfully invited Wu Taijun to take a seat, and then divided into several classes to celebrate his birthday. Wu Taijun sat upright and accepted the salute, without repeating it.

After greeting him, the prince of Heyang got up again to offer his birthday gift. This birthday gift is not the usual gift list of gold jewels, Buddha statues and screens, but a red fold, written one by one, solid and affordable good deeds. The first thing is to help the elderly originally from Lin Ruhai to resign from filial piety, the saint praised, Heyang Wangfu in addition to the daily almsgiving, set up a special charity fund, to the suburbs of Beijing as the boundary, in Beijing people are poor and weak to serve the old, the palace inspection approved, each household is allowed to an hour a day to sprinkle and sweep such light chores, in exchange for three meals of porridge and rice in the suburbs of Beijing set up more tea sheds, the poor or with miscellaneous firewood, or with hot water, or to watch the hour in exchange for porridge and rice. Under this item, it is also indicated that rice grain has been issued and the number of people approved in the past six months. And then give medicine to give porridge, build Changchun Hall for the orphaned elderly, etc., are all good deeds, betting on the time of action, the amount of giving, and the beneficiary population. After reciting the top three articles in the hall, the first words were skipped, and the prince of Heyang said: "The old lady is kind, Lord Lin is filial, and everyone admires it." When you see the virtuous and think together, you are impressed, and you should follow the virtuous and do practical things. Raise your hand, although it is a small end, but I dare not take filial piety first, let alone forget the source. If you can make the elderly smile again, you should be relieved and have no regrets. ”

Wu Taijun listened to it sentence by sentence, nodded and smiled: "One thought is the best, and one action is benevolent." The old body did not dare to be the source, but only hoped that he would always do good deeds with the saint and gentleman, and enjoy the blessings with Mu Changlong. As he spoke, he stood up and waved his hand upwards in salute. Everyone in the hall stood up busily, and while saluting, they all said, "What you said is true." After the salute, he returned to his seat.

The prince of Heyang ordered his entourage to take an object, presented it to Wu Taijun, and said: "When I left Beijing, my father handed it over, and the order was presented today." Wu Taijun smiled and said, "What is it?" "It turned out to be a scroll of calligraphy and painting. Huang Xing and Lin Haizao stepped forward from both sides, each holding the scroll at one end and opening it carefully.

Everyone concentrated, saw that it was a large painting in the middle hall of the fine brush, at a glance the hall was magnificent, the characters were numerous, the three words "there is a life" on the lintel were vigorous and elegant, and the painting was the scene of Wen Zhaogong and Wenhua Gongwai study in winter. The left half is painted with an elegant elder, seven or eight young students sitting around him, the old man strokes his beard with one hand, and the other points to the vertical screen to explain that there are two who do not listen to the lecture, one leans out of the window and uses the window branch to hook the ice under the eaves, and the other is next to the window, looking at a three-masted sailboat called Thin Ice Frozen in the garden pool. The half of the right side is painted with a graceful woman, handing the plain copper hand stove to a young man, the young man holds a pen in his right hand to write, and his left hand is holding it to his mouth to warm up a few desks behind the two, and several young students are drinking tea, or eating snacks, or holding the hand stove to the ear, and there is a young man on the side of the porch, who is serving the brazier with a brown boy. There are four sides of the house, and there are the old man who watches the tea stove under the porch, the steward who walks back and forth in the passage, and the servant who stops sprinkling and sweeping the yard by leaning on the bamboo broom, there are eleven or twelve figures, and the body proportion is slightly smaller than that in the house, but all of them are finely painted, with distinct expressions and lifelike. The upper left inscription is three words "Winter Study Map", and there is no money under it, only a long round small seal "Wanchuan Returns to People". Wu Taijun asked Shizi to hold his hands, took a closer look at the painting, and said with a smile: "This is the shape of twenty or thirty years ago, and I don't want to be in front of me again." ”

Everyone in the hall looked at the picture intently, but how could they not see that the woman's face in the painting was similar to that of Wu Taijun Xiao, but she was just a little younger? Many people still remembered what Wenhua Gongzhang Rong looked like that day. So they all praised it. Between the praises, there are those who have been holy in front of the monarch, vaguely pointing to each other and the students who are sitting opposite Wenhua Gong in the painting and are turning their heads to look at the vertical screen, and the young man who Wu Taijun handed to the hand stove after clicking on the vertical screen, there is no need to say much to each other, there is a tacit understanding in their hearts. Therefore, in just a while, Qingxi Hall praised Rong Gong Gaohua and Wu's mother for her kindness, and praised the exquisite paintings and the touching voices of the brushstrokes, which were all gathered together.

Wu Taijun solemnly thanked the prince: "It's really affectionate, and I thank you for your hard work, and the words of gratitude are actually inexhaustible." The prince hurriedly said that he didn't dare, saluted repeatedly, and then retreated. Everyone congratulated them on their birthdays and presented gifts in turn, but this time it was a list that was prepared early in the morning and sent to Zhang's house, and Zhang You stood outside Qingxi Hall and recited it aloud, and the little maid carried it to the front of the hall, and everyone shook it in front of them. After the gift, Wu Taijun thanked everyone, ate tea again, and then retired. Everyone sent him back to Chenghui Hall in a sedan chair.

Seeing that the sedan chair had gone far, Zhang Pei and others invited everyone to return to Qingxi Hall, and this was the real banquet, and the seats had already been readjusted. And because of this, it is in the main hall, not on the stage, and still only uses two auspicious fine music to play outside the hall, and everyone in the hall eats and laughs, and there are Zhang Wang and other brothers who enter to serve and persuade them. When it was young, the dishes were offered four times, and the soup was one. Everyone then got up, changed their clothes and tidied up, and then divided into several shifts to go to the place: one group is Lu Guang, Zhang Li, Zuo Puyin, Xie Kuang, Fan Taosheng, Li Jing, Sheng Yingyu, Cheng Yezhi, accompanied by Zhang Li and Lin Hai, went to Chengzheng Courtyard and Library Pavilion to pick up ancient books and rare books, one class is Yun Ying, Yuan Long, Ji Wanquan, Liao Tiansheng, accompanied by Huang Xing, Zhang Kui and the eldest son of Zhongxian Bo, Wang Lei, the current soldier of the Ministry of War, went to the outer study of Gutang Dongfu Le Dao Zhai Douqi gossip went to the first class is Dong Li, Su Ming, accompanied by Zhang Yao and Zhang Dou to the small garden of Dongfu Shu San. Qingxi Hall left Heyang Wang Shizi, Jingchang Marquis Chen Zhong, Enping Marquis Cai Hao, Zhang Pei and Zhang Zhan to accompany and talk. Seeing Zhang Wang and Zhang Zhen personally cooking water and serving tea, Shizi and the others got up busily, and said "don't dare to be" in their mouths, and quickly took the tea in their hands, and then even invited the two of them to sit down. Zhang Wang and Zhang Zhen were humble again, and then they sat down. Outside, there were Yin Chun, Li Bat, and Sheng Bao, several big stewards with small servants, waiting under the corridors on both sides.

However, he said that Zhang Hui was in the big flower hall here in Dongfu, and entertained the children and descendants of each family with his eldest brother Zhang You, cousin Zhang Chai, Zhang Yan, etc. Because they all followed their parents to come here alone to congratulate a few days ago, they did not crowd in Qingxi Hall on this day, and they were all arranged by the guests to sit in the big flower hall of Dongfu. The banquet was also comfortable: they were all young people in their teens and twenties, and many of them knew each other and knew each other, and they talked and laughed very affectionately, or they were as old as before, and they were very agreeable for a while. There is also a Xie Kai at the same table who came with his second uncle Xie Zhun to pay homage to Wu Taijun's birthday, but on the first day he arrived in Changzhou, he stayed in Gutang, lived with Zhang Hui and the two, and helped to take care of the guests. He is not only from the eunuch family, he has seen a lot since he was a child, and he is two years older, and the children of the high-ranking family are more familiar with all kinds of joints, so although he only reminds him with a few words, he can help Zhang You, Zhang Hui, etc. to check and fill in the gaps, and there is no omission, so that those young people in and outside Beijing see that they are everywhere and are not good, and they are even more surprised and admired. Zhang You and Zhang Hui also thanked him from the bottom of their hearts, and their words and deeds became more and more respectful and loving, which inevitably caused other relatives and brothers to look sideways. The first of these is the yellow elephant. He was the best with Zhang Hui, since September 15 from Nanjing, the two cousins are stuck together for a moment, that is, Zhang Hui went to Chenghui Hall and other places to say hello, or to Lin Ruhai to discuss the composition, or with Daiyu and other sisters in the garden wandering, the yellow elephant also followed the side. I don't want Xie Kai to arrive, so I insist on going back to live in the same room with Zhang, and Zhang Hui will thank Kai everywhere. At this time, seeing that everyone at the table was laughing and laughing, guessing boxing and gambling and drinking, Xie Kai was even caught in the couplet, Huang Xiang took two steps to Zhang Hui's side, and said: "I ate wine, some of it is on top, and I walk around quickly." ”

Zhang Hui hurriedly said: "There are many guests today, and I don't know where they will be scattered." Or I'll go with you. The yellow elephant was overjoyed and said yes, and he left after pulling the chapter. Zhang Hui was helpless, and in the end he informed Zhang You.

Zhang You saw that Huang Xiang's face was as usual, not like he had a lot of wine, he knew it, his stomach was funny, and he only told him to go with peace of mind, and said, "I am here." You all wake up early today, and this time you will go home to make up for sleep. It's just that someone in the house is watching, and then tell me or my mother. ”

So Zhang Hui walked out of the big flower hall with Huang Xiang and slowly walked towards Xifu. Zhang Hui was afraid that Huang Xiangzhen would be drunk, so he took one of his hands. On the way, I saw Huang Xing, Zhang Kui and other people taking a bamboo sedan chair from Qingxi Hall. Zhang Hui hurriedly pulled the yellow elephant and stopped on the side of the road. Huang Xing asked where to go in the sedan chair. Chapter replied. Huang Xing nodded and let them go. Zhang Hui and Huang Xiang dared to leave, and in the end, they bowed down and watched the bamboo sedan chair pass by, and then they straightened up, and they could still hear Wang Lei's words praising "brotherly harmony" in their ears. Huang Xiang said: "Uncle has been a brother all his life, and the first thing he likes to see is that his brother takes care of his younger brother." Every time you win, there are no exceptions. Zhang Hui smiled and said, "Brother, brother, brother, shouldn't this be the case?"

After a while, the two walked to Xifu. Because Mrs. Zhang and Huang Xing's family both lived in the Dihua Pavilion in the guest house, Zhang Hui went to the room, and the waiting maid was instructed on the door of the guest house: "Call Zhou Wan and Jinbao." Send two large bowls of hangover soup to the young master's room. Bring me my clothes again. ”

Huang Xiang hurriedly twisted his arm and said, "I haven't eaten much wine, so it's good to walk all the way, and I don't need soup." ”

Zhang Hui smiled: "Don't be sloppy, when I didn't see you fighting with others, pour a big bowl in one go? I don't want to think about how old he is, how old are you." Besides, he was a guest, and if you don't let him, you always compete with him, what's the reason? Wait for the hangover soup to come, eat it honestly, and then sleep with your head covered, and I won't settle accounts with you. If you really want to bargain, I won't tell my uncle, I will just throw you to Xie Qizhuang, and listen to him that an hour is useless. "How does Huang Xiang not know that Xie Kai is the best at debating, no matter what is right or wrong, he can talk like a river, and when it comes to the sky? Therefore, when he heard Zhang Hui say this, he hurriedly begged for mercy and said, "My cousin spared me this time, I won't dare in the future." ”

When the two of them entered the house, the maid came up to serve the yellow elephant to change clothes. Half an hour later, Zhang Hui's little maid Jinbao walked in with a basket in one hand and a bag of clothes in the other. Zhang Hui changed his clothes, and Jin Baofang brought out the decanting soup from the basket. Zhang Hui watched the yellow elephant eat a bowl, and saw him sleep peacefully on the bed, Fanlu was on duty in front of the bed, Fang took Jinbao out of the house to the door, saw the yellow elephant's little servant Zhao Jin, and ordered the good student to take care of it and serve at any time.

Only then did he leave the courtyard and saw Zhou Wanhou outside the door. Zhang Hui asked: "Why didn't you come, only let Jinbao come alone?" Zhou Wan replied: "Manager Li Bat Li asked someone to stop, took this, and gave it to the young master." As he spoke, he handed over a rolled note. Zhang Hui opened it and saw that it was his father's handwriting, and he wrote three words: "eldest brother-in-law". Zhang Hui thought about it for a while, then laughed and said, "Got it." Go to Cheongheedang. He also instructed Jinbao: "You go to Chenghui Hall to take a look, and see if the old lady is watching a play in the flower hall over there, or in the back garden." When I saw it, I waited at the door outside Qingxi Hall. Jin Bao responded, pulled out his feet and ran away with a gust of wind.

Zhang Hui went to Qingxi Hall. Without waiting to enter, I saw that everyone in the hall was sitting, and the only grandfather Zhang Pei was standing beside him, although he was dressed as a scholar, he had a strong air of being Zhang Shumei's fiancée, Cai Hong, the third son of the Marquis of Enping. It's just that the other person was originally tall and steep, and at the moment there was an anxious look between his eyebrows, but he just pressed himself. In a blink of an eye, I saw Zhang Wang waving his hand at him slightly. As soon as the father and son's gaze met again, Zhang Wang nodded slightly. Zhang Hui knew what to expect, so he hurriedly stepped forward and saluted everyone. The prince of Heyang, the Marquis of Jingchang, and the Marquis of Enping all smiled and gave up their seats. Zhang Pei was humble for a while. Zhang Wang asked, "Why did you come here? Where did you come from?"

Zhang Hui smiled: "Come from the old lady." When the distinguished guest asked about the young ladies, the old lady ordered the eldest sister to lead the sisters over. He also said that he would ask Cai Sangongzi to come over and see him. ”

Before the words fell, I saw Cai Hong's eyebrows open, happy with the color, and even looked at him with a strange kind and grateful. Thanks to Zhang Wang's coughing again and again, he covered up the past on his face. However, the prince of Heyang sat on the top, and he couldn't help but laugh when he couldn't see anything, and then said to Zhang Pei, Zhang Zhan, and Enping Hou Cai Hao: "This is the old lady who wants to see her great-grandson-in-law, how can she be late? It's better to let people go, so that the old lady won't stay for a long time. Zhang Pei and Zhang Zhan hurriedly stood up and said with a smile that it was just like this. Cai Hao also summoned his brother to him and ordered: "Kowtow to the old lady sincerely, and also salute on my behalf." Cai Hong responded, and with Zhang Hui, he told everyone in the hall to retreat, and the two came out of Qingxi Hall.

Before the two of them came out, there was Jinbao waiting on the side, comparing the direction of the garden with Zhang Hui. Zhang Hui nodded. Here, Cai Hong asked Zhang Hui to lead the way. Zhang Hui really led the way, and couldn't help asking: "What did the master ask, why did he make the eldest brother-in-law so embarrassed?"

Cai Hong couldn't help but be stunned when he heard him: You must know that the marriage between Cai and Zhang has been decided, and Cai Hong and Zhang Shumei's family affairs are now only one thing left. However, Cai Hong has always thought that the Yanling Zhang family is a famous scholar, a poet and a family, and the children must behave strictly, and he has been here a few times before, observing his words and deeds, it is true. But I didn't expect that Zhang Hui Changfang's lineage would also have such an unconventional, warm and amiable lineage. I also think that my brother and sister-in-law once said that my fiancée was raised by Zhang Wang and his wife since she was a child, so the sisters and brothers are very close, and now it seems to be empirical evidence. Thinking of this, no matter how strange he was with his first acquaintance, he also threw it away, and smiled back to Zhang: "Call back my brother to laugh." It is really the care of the elders, because I asked that when I arrived in the new year, I was different from the local thousands of households, and I could think about the preparation of the levy and survey. When it comes to a few things that the court has to do right now, he casually asks about it. I don't want the eldest master to only ask about the diversion of the Yellow River in the past three hundred years, and I can't answer it without knowing anything, so I am so anxious. ”

Zhang listened back and asked the question. So I asked a few questions: how many major and small major diversions were made, how many important breaches were reached in the prefectures and counties involved, the year of each breach, how many times were artificially diverted in the amount of water in that year, the routes of the diversions, who proposed them, who planned them, who presided over the population, acres of land and taxation in the Yellow River flooded areas, and after each major diversion of the Yellow River, the response and operation of household transportation and water transportation, and so on. In the end, he couldn't help but hang his head and said: "I just relied on a brave martial artist who was stupid and bold and brave to come all the way, where did I know these detailed truths? Although I also admire it from the bottom of my heart, but in the end, there are family words and exaggerated thoughts. Today, when I saw the eldest master, he did not lead troops, nor did he serve as an official, astronomy and geography, and knew everything, so I knew how arrogant the kid was before. ”

Zhang Hui said with a smile: "My grandfather and the fourth uncle are the most talented in geography, and they don't leave home, and they have all the mountains, rivers and rivers in their hearts, so they can't be compared with the idle generation." The eldest brother-in-law was not prepared, and KitKat accidentally bumped into his eyes, and he was stunned for a while, which is not an uncommon thing. Don't be embarrassed. If you have the heart, wait for four or five days, when there are fewer guests at home and outside, just ask in the study to be sure of the details, know everything, and teach the most. ”

When Cai Hong heard this, he stood at that time, and respectfully saluted Zhang Hui: "Foolish brother Xie Huaiying pointed out the grace of introduction." Zhang Hui hurriedly returned the salute and said, "The eldest brother-in-law is polite, how can I deserve it?" The two treated each other humbly, looked at each other, and suddenly laughed together: "It's a family, why bother?" Then they walked hand in hand and walked to the back garden together.

The author has something to say: What, this chapter is called "The Congratulatory Gift of the King of Heyang", but it should be clear that whose congratulatory gift it is, right?

The diversion of the Yellow River was like this, which is how my grandfather hit his children and grandchildren: "What kind of geography did you study? You don't even know these basic common senses, and you dare to say that you have studied geography?" Well, in the eyes of the generation of those who have been enriched by most of their "traditional education", my father, who was born after the founding of the People's Republic of China and went to primary and secondary schools, the "geography" taught in the school is scum. However, they are not willing to easily pass on their knowledge to others, even if the descendants of their relatives do not pass it on lightly, they want to apprentice to the teacher, they want to serve tea, the disciples must dedicate themselves physically and mentally, and the teacher will teach them. If it weren't for this kind of one-on-one wholehearted teaching, it would be better to rot the best knowledge in the stomach. My grandfather finally changed his mind and was willing to teach people what to do.

Style, tradition, or old stubborn, die-hard, and in the end, it always makes people helpless. 166 Reading Network