Zhang Xing, a native of Yifeng County, Dingzhou, grew up burly and square, with the talent of Lang Temple, and served as a waiter of the Criminal Department and the prince Shao Zhan during the Tang Taizong period, assisted Li Zhi, and became Li Zhi's henchman of the East Palace.

After Taizong's death, Zhang Xingcheng and Gao Jifu waited for Li Zhi to be in front of the Zi Palace of the Taiji Palace. Soon, Zhang Xingcheng was promoted to the left servant of Shangshu and the young master of the prince.

According to the editorial principle of "no need to talk about a few generations ago, stop taking today's officials and lords as ranks", Zhang Xingcheng's family ranked first in Yifeng County and became a first-class family name.

The people of Yifeng County are proud to be born in the Zhang family. Zhang Xingcheng's eldest son is called Zhang Luoke, the official is the commander of Weinan County, Yongzhou, and the second son Zhang Liangke, the official is Langzhong.

Zhang Xingcheng's nephew Zhang Xizang served as the Yongzhou Sihu to join the army, and he was in the seventh grade.

The Yongzhou Mansion is in charge of Chang'an and its vicinity, and the number one is the Yongzhou Mu, who is suspended by the prince, and is in charge of the Yongzhou Governor Shi. Later, it was changed to Jingzhao Mansion, which was one of the three assistants of the Jingshi, and the chief was called Jingzhao Yin, who had great power. The offices of Sansuke are all located in Chang'an, Kyoto.

The other two auxiliaries of the three auxiliaries of the Jingshi are Feng Yi County and Fufeng County, and the chiefs are called Feng Yi Taishou and Fufeng Taishou. Fengyi County, also known as Tongzhou, governs the Jingdong region, and Fufeng County governs the western part of Beijing.

Nayongzhou Sihu joined the army as a subordinate official of Yongzhou Governor Shi, who was in charge of household registration, taxes, forced labor, warehouses and other economic affairs, which was a big fat gap.

Zhang Xizang occupies this fat gap, and the oil and water will naturally not be very small! Therefore, Zhang Xizang's family is relatively wealthy, and he has purchased real estate in Chang'an and Luoyang, and has married several wives and concubines.

Among Zhang Xizang's wives and concubines, Wei Suzhen and Zang Yuting's two aunts were the most favored, and they gave birth to six sons for him, but one son died when he was a teenager.

Wei Suzhen gave birth to sons Zhang Changqi, Zhang Changyi, and Zhang Changzong, and Zang Yuting gave birth to sons Zhang Tongxiu and Zhang Yizhi, and also gave birth to a daughter named Zhang Wanxia.

Zhang Xizang's five sons have all been smart and clever since childhood, and they love to play and learn. There is a private school near Zhang's house, and the private school is called Lu Zhongting, who is an old talent who is very familiar with the Four Books and the Five Classics.

Zhang Xizang sent his children to Lu Zhongting's private school to study and read, and asked Lu Zhongting to discipline and cultivate. There is a statue of Confucius hanging in the private school classroom, and in front of the statue is the teacher's seat and desk.

The student's desk is placed under the table in two columns, and the number of people can be placed in four columns, and straw mats are laid behind the desk. Usually, Lu Zhongting sits in front of the statue of Confucius to teach, and the students kneel on straw mats to read.

When the class started, Zhang Changqi took the lead in entering the classroom to bow to the teacher and the statue of Confucius, and then returned to his seat.

Lu Zhongting explained, "Friends come from afar, are you happy? People don't know and are not ashamed, aren't they also gentlemen? This sentence, first break the word, that is, explain it word by word, and then explain the meaning of the whole sentence.

Lu Zhongting said: "Yes, also known as friends, friends, is the meaning of classmates and comrades, sorrow, indicating anger and resentment, and a gentleman refers to a moral person. After the lecture, the students were given assignments to memorize and explain.

Zhang Yizhi wrote the word "scorn" on the straw paper, raised his hand to ask a question, Lu Zhongting asked him to stand up, Zhang Yizhi took the word and asked: "Teacher, how to read this word?" ”

Lu Zhongting replied: "Yun, go to the sound!" Zhang Yizhi said: "Understood, Mr. Xie!" Then sit down.

Next, Lu Zhongting instructed the students to practice calligraphy, starting with grinding ink and using a pen, and then asked the students to write three pieces of paper, each with 12 words written on each paper.

The next day, Lu Zhongting shouted: "Zhang Yi come up!" After Zhang Yi came to power, Lu Zhongting said: "You first recite the sentence taught by the teacher yesterday, and then break the words word by word, and then tell the meaning of that sentence!" ”

Zhang Yizhi recited aloud: "Friends come from afar, are you happy? People don't know and are not ashamed, aren't they also gentlemen? Then break the words and explain the meaning according to the teacher's request.

Lu Zhongting nodded with satisfaction, and then named Zhang Tongxiu. Zhang Tongxiu went back to play, but he didn't review it well, but he couldn't memorize it, so Lu Zhongting asked him to stretch out his right hand and hit him with a ring ruler.

After studying for a period of time, after the Zhang brothers knew hundreds of words, Lu Zhongting began to teach them to read classic cultures such as "Analects", "Mencius", and "Book of Songs".

Zhang Changyi was still curious when he started reading, but then gradually lost interest, he was greedy for fun every day, never reviewed the texts, and every time he was named in class, he would not endorse the book, so he was beaten by the teacher every day.

After being beaten a lot, Zhang Changyi resented the teacher and began to hide at home and skip class, not wanting to go to private school. Zhang Xizang and Wei Suzhen forced him to go to class and forcibly sent him to a private school.

As soon as the parents left, Lu Zhongting taught Zhang Changyi a lesson with a ring ruler. Zhang Changyi wanted to rectify Teacher Lu and slipped into Teacher Lu's bedroom to observe.

He saw that the teacher liked to use the urinal at night, and the urinal had a lid on it, so he thought of a trick. Zhang Changyi went to the rice field to catch a few small frogs, then sneaked into the bedroom, put them in the teacher's urinal, and put the lid on them.

At night, Lu Zhongting got up conveniently, opened the lid of the urinal, and peed into the urinal. At this time, the frog that had been holding in the urinal for a day suddenly jumped out, startling Lu Zhongting.

Lu Zhongting thought there was a ghost, so he ran outside the house for a long time, and borrowed a candle from someone else's house before daring to come in. By candlelight, Lu Zhongting carefully inspected his urinal and found that a frog jumped out of it, and then he realized that someone was playing tricks on him.

The next day, Lu Zhongting interrogated the students one by one, and Zhang Wanxia whispered that she saw Zhang Changyi go to the edge of the field to catch frogs.

Lu Zhongting looked at Zhang Changyi and said angrily: "Wow, it's your kid who made trouble again!" I haven't seen a naughty student like you since I taught. Then he beat him up again.

Zhang Changyi complained that her sister Zhang Wanxia should not vote for the teacher, and wanted to rectify her sister. How to remediate it?

He came to class early in the morning, squeezed the boiled sweet potatoes out of the middle, glued them to the teacher's desk, and then wrote Zhang Changyi's pull.

Lu Zhongting hurriedly walked into the classroom to attend class, and when he saw this, he immediately called Zhang Changyi angrily: "You kid has been taught repeatedly, give me something to eat!" ”

Zhang Changyi pretended to be very scared, slowly walked over and obediently ate the sweet potato. Of course, the teacher thought he was eating, and he felt disgusted to see him eat it, and the punishment was heavy enough.

A few days later, Zhang Changyi did the same again, but what was written on the desk was Zhang Wanxia. After Lu Zhongting came in and saw it, he loved Zhang Wanxia in his heart and didn't ask her to eat it.

Seeing that the teacher was eccentric, Zhang Changyi immediately took the lead and shouted: "Zhang Wanxia also wants to eat, Zhang Wanxia also wants to eat!" The rest of the students followed suit.

Zhang Wanxia was so angry that she cried and ran home from the private school in one go. Zhang Changyi smiled happily.

One day, Zhang Changqi went out to play, and saw a teenager swimming in the river, Zhang Changqi asked loudly: "Hey, that child's shoes, can I go down to the river to swim with you?" ”

The boy replied, "You can come down and swim together, I'll call Qian to come and see, let's make friends!" Zhang Changqi said: "Good Le! Then take off your pants and go into the water to swim together.

Zhang Changqi had a lot of fun, one moment breaststroke, one moment backstroke, and one moment diving swimming. Half an hour later, Zhang Changqi found that the money was out of sight, so he shouted loudly: "Come see the money, come see the money!" ”

But no one answered, at this time Zhang Changqi was a little scared, he was worried that there was a drowning accident, and hurriedly went ashore to put on his pants, but found that the pants were missing, and he was so anxious that he shouted loudly: "Come and see the money, come and see the money!" ”

As a result, a lot of children were attracted, and they gathered around Zhang Changqi to watch. Zhang Changqi hurriedly went to the pond and picked two lotus leaves, tied them around his waist with grass, covered them in front of him and behind him, and cried and said, "Qian came to see that he was drowned in the water!" ”

The children who watched the excitement said, "Where in our village are there people who ask for money to come and see?" Zhang Changqi asked: "Who were the children's shoes that were swimming just now?" ”

A teenager came from a distance, holding pants in his hand, handed them to Zhang Changqi and said, "The children's shoes that were swimming just now are a cowherding baby, and he went to herd the cows!" He told me to give this back to you! ”

Zhang Changqi tore off the lotus leaf, took his pants and put them on, and then went home.

In the summer, a Xiucai rode by the edge of the field and saw a few farmers cultivating grass in the field, and the Xiucai opened his mouth and sneered: "I don't know how many plants are in the field?" ”

The farmer only cared about the grass and ignored him. Zhang Tongxiu happened to be standing on the ridge and heard it, his eyes rolled, and he immediately sang back: "Riding a horse, I don't know how much hair is under the horse?" ”

Na Xiucai was stunned for a moment and sighed: "I didn't expect that there are also masters in the fields!" "Shoot the horse and leave. The farmer straightened up and stretched out a thumbs up to Zhang Tongxiu!

In a blink of an eye, the children of the Zhang family spent a few years in a private school, and a new female classmate was added to the class, her name is Wan Wing Chun, and she is the daughter of Wan Yuanwai's family in the Qiu Yue Restaurant.

Wan Wing Chun wore a red silk dress, and when she came in, she was as fragrant and charming as a peach blossom. Zhang Wanxia asked her how old she was, it turned out that she was the same age as herself, and the two became best friends.

Liulang Zhang Changzong thrived and looked more and more like a beautiful man. Wan Wing Chun and Zhang Wanxia are both optimistic about Zhang Changzong's future development prospects, and Zhang Wanxia is also optimistic about her fifth brother Zhang Yizhi.

Wan Wing Chun was the only one of the five brothers who paid attention to Cheung Cheung Cheong-chung, and she often came to Cheung Cheung Cheong-chun's side or lingered in the vicinity, nostalgic and forgetful.

Zhang Changzong looked up at her while reading and writing, and his heart was also pounding, and the two looked at each other and smiled, ashamed of him. The two were charming and had a good relationship, but they played ambiguously and did not confess loudly.

The eldest man Zhang Changqi fell in love with Wan Wing Chun, regarded her as his first love, and did everything possible to find opportunities to get close to her, who dared to bully Wan Wing Chun, Zhang Chang Chi would inevitably stand up to protect her.

Once, Wan Wing Chun couldn't recite a book, and Lui Zhongting wanted to beat her hand with a ring ruler. Zhang Changqi immediately ran up and stretched out his hand and took the initiative to ask to be beaten on her behalf. Wan Wing Chun said he was a fool.

When Wan Wing Chun revolved around Cheung Cheong Chun, Cheung Cheong Chi also revolved around Wan Wing Chun, so that the three formed a love triangle.

At that time, Zhang Xizang's family adopted several musicians and maikos, and they were able to perform silk and bamboo orchestras and various dances at banquets and in their leisure time, and sing some folk songs.

After the five brothers returned home, they pestered musicians and maiko to learn various talent shows. Le Gong excused himself and said: "There is a saying in the workplace: the apprentice of the church, starve the master to death!" I wonder if you've heard of it? ”

Zhang Changqi replied: "I have heard of it, but this is a kind of narrow-mindedness, which will gradually lose the unique skills of the old-timers, causing irreparable regrets and losses!" ”

Legong laughed and said: "There is no way, we who rely on craftsmanship to eat need to protect ourselves and prevent competition!" Improve the safety factor of your own survival. ”

Zhang Yizhi said: "Do you think you can really be safe by doing this? I don't think so. In today's society, there is no shortage of talents. The old-timers always only care about the immediate interests, want a comfortable life, and do not follow the trend of the development of the times, and will be eliminated by the times in the end! ”

Legong nodded and said, "Gorou has a point! However, we craftsmen can only see the immediate benefits, people are poor and short-sighted, and they don't have such lofty ambitions! ”

Zhang Changzong said: "Please rest assured, as long as the master is willing to teach our brothers, our brothers will definitely ask our father to give you a salary increase!" How about I add another chicken leg to you every time you eat? ”

Le Gong said: "Haha, it's still Rokuro who can talk and has a sweet mouth, okay, I'll teach you well!" ”

At the request of his sons, Zhang Xizang raised the wages of both musicians and maikos, and asked his sons to follow them to learn talent shows.

Zhang Changzong and Zhang Yizhi have made the fastest progress, and they can learn it as soon as they learn, so it can be said that they have expertise in music and dance. Zhang Changqi, Zhang Tongxiu, and others were confused by music theory.

Zhang Changzong learned the silk and bamboo orchestra, went to the private school class, and took out the dong flute and flute to perform for the students to enjoy when the class was over. Wan Wing Chun was fascinated by what he heard, and Lui Zhongting also applauded.

Zhang Changqi was very jealous, and snatched the dong flute to play, wanting to attract Wan Wing Chun's attention. However, the music he played was incomplete and often out of tune, which aroused the contempt of Wan Wing Chun!

Wan Wing Chun also wanted to learn silk and bamboo orchestra and dance, and asked Zhang Chang to teach her, but Zhang Changzong used the excuse that he wanted to review his schoolwork and did not have the kung fu to teach her. Wan Wing Chun curled his mouth.

Zhang Changqi took the hole flute and took the initiative to come over to teach Wan Wing Chun. Wan Wing Chun said angrily: "You can't blow it yourself, and you still want to teach me?" Zhang Changqi said with a smile: "Although I am not very proficient, I am also a beginner." ”

Wan Wing Chun said: "No words, no learning!" Zhang Changqi smiled and said, "Then do you want to come to my house to learn from Master Legong?" ”

Wan Wing Chun said, "Yes, yes! I'm going to go, but I'll have to pay a lot of tuition! Zhang Wanxia said: "For the sake of girlfriends, you don't have to pay tuition!" ”

So, Wan Wing Chun enthusiastically followed Zhang Wanxia to Zhang's house to learn silk and bamboo orchestra and dance, she wanted to get closer to Zhang Changzong, and Zhang Changqi wanted to take this opportunity to see Wan Wing Chun more.

Zhang Wanxia hopes that her best friend will become her sister-in-law, no matter which brother she is with!

After Wan Wing Chun arrived at Zhang's house, he was warmly welcomed by the Zhang family, and he made progress in music and dance. When she danced, the Zhang brothers watched carefully and applauded her.

After a year like this, the Zhang brothers have all graduated from private schools, and they will have to rely on their own hard study to prepare for the imperial examination of the Ming Jing and the first in the future!

But the brothers know that they are not the material for long-term study, and it will definitely not work to take the lonely and difficult road of the single-plank bridge for the imperial examination.

As he grew older, Zhang Changzong became more and more handsome, but long-term kneeling and reading would affect his development. Zhang Yizhi persuaded him: "Reading requires sitting or kneeling for a long time, and sitting for a long time is easy to affect the waist circumference and body shape, making the figure not good-looking!" "Zhang Changzong is no longer sedentary and studying.

Zhang Yizhi said to his father: "When determining the goal of life, we must develop our strengths and avoid weaknesses, loving talent shows is my strength, reading the Four Books and Five Classics is my shortcoming, of course I choose the talent show This suitable path for me!" ”

Zhang Xizang said: "Young children must study diligently, and articles can stand up." Zhu Zigui of the Manchu Dynasty is full of scholars. If you don't study and participate in scientific examinations, how can you be rich! ”

Zhang Yizhi replied: "I think that I can also get rich through talent shows, because nobles not only need benevolence, righteousness, morality and economic use, but also need the entertainment of the ears and eyes!" ”

Zhang Xizang said: "Having said that, becoming famous by talent shows is not the right way to enter the industry after all. However, our Zhang family is a famous family, and your brothers can rely on the shadow of the door to be officials! ”

Zhang Xizang no longer forced his sons to study for scientific examinations. The children have grown up, but Zhang Xizang died young.

Fortunately, the Zhang family is rich and a famous family, Zhang Changqi, Zhang Changyi, Zhang Tongxiu, and Zhang Yizhi all rely on the shade of the door to become officials! Zhang Changzong is still young, and he is assiduously practicing various talents such as piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, sword, and poetry.

Zhang Yizhi relied on Ziyin to serve as the position of AMTD Bureau's entry into the horse, and he was under the seventh grade. What do you do when you get into a horse?

Every day, the AMTD Bureau has to take out eight stable horses, standing outside the palace gate on the side of the main hall of the palace, called the left and right compartments to stand horses, two horses, wearing clothes and whips, standing on the left side of the horse, each person guarding four horses, advancing and retreating with the horses.

Therefore, this horse has relatively high requirements for appearance, and Zhang Yizhi is taller, with white skin and a handsome face, which just meets this requirement.

Before Zhang Yizhi left his hometown and rushed to Luoyang, he had a long talk with Zhang Changzong. Zhang Changzong said: "I don't take the single-plank bridge of the imperial examination, and I don't want to rely on the shadow of the door to be an official!" I want to make a name for myself with my talents! ”

Zhang Yizhi expressed his appreciation and said: "The sixth brother is ambitious! Just do what you think, I believe that the sixth brother will succeed! Although the foolish brother did the horse, he did not delay the practice of his talents, in addition to practicing equestrianism every day, he practiced his voice and silk and bamboo orchestra! ”

Zhang Changzong said: "Please work hard in the capital, next year the younger brother will go to the capital to find the fifth brother to catch up, by the way to see the prosperity of the capital!" ”

Zhang Yizhi said: "Wow, welcome the sixth brother to visit the capital Wow, the sixth brother looks as handsome as a lotus, once he arrives in the capital, maybe there will be a story like throwing fruit and winning the car!" Ha ha. ”

The Zhang brothers reluctantly said goodbye.

Zhang Changzong is still diligent and hard-working every day, and has no intention of falling in love.

Wan Wing Chun looked at Cheung Cheong Chung with resentful eyes, she didn't understand why the handsome Cheung Cheong Chung was concentrating on practicing his talents, trying his best to please those noble ladies, and ignoring her love for him!

Later, Wan Wing Chun figured out that Zhang Changzong wanted to obtain wealth in this way to revitalize the Zhang family.

Zhang Changqi pursued Wan Wing Chun as always, and Wan Wing Chun married Zhang Chang Chun, but he couldn't be his wife, but he became Zhang Changzong's sister-in-law.

Zhang Wanxia married Yang Xun, a secretary of Xuanzhou who joined the army, and gave birth to a son Yang Zhao, Yang Zhao later became rich and changed his name to Yang Guozhong, so Yang Guozhong is the nephew of the Zhang brothers.