Chapter 101: Anecdotes of the Zhang Family
After Zhang Changzong and Zhang Yizhi entered the palace and were favored, Wu Cao posthumously presented their father Zhang Xizang as the assassin of Xiangzhou, and named their mothers Wei Suzhen and Zang Yuting as Mrs. Tai, and also sent Shanggong, Shangfu, Shangshu and other internal officials to visit and comfort in their mansions, and make up for what they needed.
Wei Suzhen and Zang Yuting were so happy that they couldn't close their mouths, and praised their two sons for their glory to their ancestors.
Zang Yuting is Zhang Yizhi's mother-in-law, and she has been lonely and lonely for many years. After Zhang Yizhi was favored, A-Niang also lived a life of poverty and luxury.
In addition to living in a mansion, Zang Yuting's bedroom also has a seven-treasure tent decorated with gold, silver, beads and jade, and an ivory bed in the curtain, and the bed is covered with mink mattresses and rhino horns.
The collection has a variety of unheard of treasures, such as: felt mattresses made of stinger feathers, mats woven with dragon whiskers from Fenjin and phoenixes from the river.
Xia Guanlang Li Zhenxiu tends to be inflammatory, flattering Erzhang, often goes to Zhang Yi's house to give gifts and say hello, shush the cold and ask for warmth, but unexpectedly Zang Yuting took a fancy to it, and since then good days have come.
As the saying goes, a woman is like a wolf at thirty and a tiger at forty, and if she has been lonely for a long time, she will feel empty, empty, and cold in her body, and she urgently needs yang energy to nourish her, and Zang Yuting is also like this, so she forced Li Zhenxiu to marry her.
Li Zhenxiu was afraid of Erzhang's fiery power, so he had to give in. After entering the cave room after worshipping the church, Zang Yuting took a pair of bronze mandarin duck wine glasses and drank with Li Zhenxiu.
Zang Yuting raised the floating ant green wine and clinked glasses with Li Yuxiu and said, "The concubine can spend a good night with Xiulang, it is really a blessing from the previous life!" The concubine only wishes that the world will last forever, and the concubine will follow the person she likes! ”
After speaking, he raised his head and drank it all. Li Zhenxiu didn't say anything, but also took a dry mouthful, and then continued to pour wine, wanting to use wine to drown his sorrows. Zang Yuting stopped him and held hands to have a glass of wine with him.
Li Zhenxiu had no choice but to rely on it. Zang Yuting asked him again: "Is Xiulang willing to be with his concubine in this life?" Would you like to? Li Zhenxiu reluctantly replied: "Yes!" ”
Zang Yuting said angrily: "Look at Xiulang's resentful little eyes! Where did the concubine offend you? You follow the concubine to enjoy endless blessings, eat fragrant and drink spicy, what are you not satisfied with? ”
Li Zhenxiu had no choice but to get along with Zang Yuting.
But Mrs. Zang Yuting is over half a hundred years old, her skin is loose and dry, a little old, and she is disgusted by the young man. Li Zhenxiu deliberately drank excessively and was drunk all day long.
Let Zang Yuting shout loudly beside him, pinch his ears, and keep him awake.
Zang Yuting entered the palace to complain to Wu Cao, and Wu Cao sent Su Nei to the palace to announce the edict, so that Li Zhenxiu and Zang Yuting had public contacts, and asked Li Zhenxiu to care more about Zang Yuting.
Poor Li Zhenxiu had no choice but to force a smile and accept joy.
Zhang Changzong and Zhang Yizhi are good at all kinds of talent shows, and they are also senior actors and artists in modern times! But they are not kind-hearted people, as you can tell from the way they treat animals.
Zhang Yizhi invented a dish "goose and duck roast", and the method is as follows:
First, make a large iron cage, put a large brazier in the cage, and pour charcoal on the fire. Outside the large iron cage, there are copper basins with various sauces such as sauce and vinegar on the four walls.
Then the geese and ducks were put into a large iron cage, and the geese and ducks walked restlessly back and forth around the charcoal fire, and soon they were baked hot and thirsty by the charcoal fire, and then kept running and jumping around the iron cage, stretching out their necks and drinking all kinds of sauces in the copper basin.
Sauce, vinegar and other sauces naturally enter the stomach of the goose and duck, and are sent to the internal organs, all over the muscles of the body.
Soon, the goose and duck were charcoal-roasted until their feathers fell off and died, and when the meat of the goose and duck turned red and the sauce was distributed to the blood vessels of the whole body, they could be taken out and eaten. It is said that the taste is particularly delicious.
Zhang Changzong was full of praise after eating goose and duck moxibustion, saying that the fifth brother was really smart, and he also went to Dongshi Xiaofeng to invent a dish "Ejiao burning", which was done as follows:
Tie a live donkey to a small room, burn a pot of charcoal fire in it, and put a pot of sauce on the side of the door, after the live donkey is roasted, the heat can not stand it, so he has to drink the sauce, and finally like the goose and duck, the skin and flesh are roasted and die!
Zhang Changzong cut off the skin and flesh of the donkey with a knife, put it in his mouth and chewed it, chewing it with relish, saying that this ejiao roast is really delicious, and it is a rare delicacy in the world!
Luoyang makes Zhang Changyi have a strange situation, and likes to listen to the screaming of dogs.
He nailed four iron pegs into the ground, then tied the dog's four feet to the pegs, and released the harriers. The eagle harrier grabbed the dog's back with its iron claws, pecked the dog's meat with its iron beak and ate it, tearing off the meat piece by piece and eating it.
The dog kept barking until the flesh was exhausted, and he died of pain. People passing by couldn't bear to listen to it anymore, but Zhang Changyi listened to it with relish!
Once, Zhang Yizhi was a guest at Zhang Changyi's house and suddenly wanted to eat horse intestines. Zhang Changyi ordered his subordinates to bring a live horse, cut open the horse's belly alive and took out the horse's intestines, and let the horse die of pain!
Zhang Changyi once went to the early court, and an alternate official surnamed Xue stopped him and gave him fifty taels of gold and a document to ask for an official.
Zhang Changyi came to the court and handed over the official documents to Zhang Xi, the heavenly official servant.
A few days later, because there were too many people doing things, Zhang Xi was so busy that he accidentally lost the official paperwork. Zhang Xi was in a hurry, so he hurriedly ran to ask Zhang Changyi what to do.
Zhang Changyi was furious and scolded: "Don't do anything! I don't remember either, but I saw that there was an alternate official surnamed Xue who was promoted. ”
Zhang Xi went back to check the names of the alternate officials on the register and found that there were more than 60 alternate officials surnamed Xue, and they had no choice but to appoint all of them as officials.
After Zhang Changyi was promoted to the secretary of the government, he built a new mansion and celebrated with his family.
One night, Zhang Changyi went home after attending a banquet, and suddenly found that there was an extra line of words on the brand new door of his house: "How many days can silk be used in one day?" ”
What does this mean? The answer is obviously that the silk produced in one day can only be made in one day, which means that you can still have fun for a few days? Zhang Changyi put away her smiling face and wiped it off with a rag soaked in water.
When I got up the next day, I saw this line on the door again, and I erased it. After repeating this six or seven times, Zhang Changyi simply didn't erase it, and took a pen note under it and said: "One day is enough." "It means that I am satisfied with a day of fun.
One day, Nanhai County presented a collection of cuiqiu to the imperial court. It is made from the feathers of kingfishers, and it is very precious and beautiful. At that time, Zhang Changzong happened to be on the side, and Wu Cao rewarded him with Jicuiqiu, let him wear it, and play a game of double continent together.
Neshi Di Renjie came in at this time to do something. Wu Cao asked him to come up and play Shuanglu with Zhang Changzong.
Wu Cao asked, "What do Qing and Liulang bet on?" Di Renjie replied: "Fighting for three plates, the minister used the purple robe on his body to bet on Zhang Changzong's fur." ”
Wu Cao said with a smile: "I don't know, this piece of emerald fur is worth more than a thousand gold. Qing's purple robe can't be equal! ”
Di Renjie got up and said solemnly: "The minister's purple robe is the clothes worn by the minister when he meets the Son of Heaven, and it is noble and priceless. And the fur fur worn by Zhang Changzong is just a reward for being favored. The two are opposite, and the minister is still unhappy! ”
Wu Cao had no choice but to agree to the bet. After listening to Di Renjie's words, Zhang Changzong felt ashamed in his heart, his expression was a little depressed, and his momentum fell to the downside, and he lost three games in a row!
Di Renjie took off Zhang Changzong's collection of cui fur and came out with a bow. When he walked to Guangfan Gate, a house slave stepped forward to ask An Jin Ma, and Di Renjie gave the precious Jicui Qiu to this house slave to put on, and then rode away.
Wu Cao's attitude towards her boyfriend Xue Huaiyi and Zhang Changzong is different, with some subtle changes.
For Xue Huaiyi, she didn't plan to reuse him at first, just as a tool and pet to relieve loneliness. But later, a group of female officials in the palace couldn't eat grapes and said that grapes were sour, and criticized and ridiculed her boyfriend for fun, which caused her dissatisfaction.
Driven by the psychological state of a woman who suppresses jealousy with vanity, Wu Cao kept tapping Xue Huaiyi's potential, allowing him to give full play to his architectural talents and military talents.
The palace presided over the construction of great buildings, went out of the palace to conquer the Turks, raised the prestige of the border passes, kept doing things, kept adding officials to the knighthood, and the female officials were so angry in private!
Wu Cao satisfied his desire to conquer, and couldn't help laughing in his heart: "Look how competitive my boyfriend is!" Although his cultural level is not high, and he doesn't have much ink in his stomach, he is good at building and fighting, and he is good at dancing guns and sticks. Haha......"
Xue Huaiyi was named the general of the auxiliary state and the prince of the country, and his status was above the prime minister. The desire to conquer was satisfied, but to Wu Cao's surprise, Xue Huaiyi's ambition began to swell, and he began to treat her as a wife and restrain and interfere with her, which made Wu Cao very unhappy and disgusted.
In Wu Cao's mind, except for the emperor and God, no one is qualified to restrain her and control her!
In this way, the old contradictions disappeared, and the new contradictions reappeared, Wu Cao began to be a little overwhelmed, procrastinating and patient, hoping to exchange time for space, until the strange thing that burned heaven happened, she woke up like a dream, and decided to abandon this boyfriend who didn't know what to do.
Later, Xiaofeng offered Zhang Changzong, soothed the scars in her heart, and rekindled a kind of maternal love! Compared with Xue Huaiyi, after Zhang Changzong was born in a famous family, he had a relatively high level of education and was proficient in various talent performances, and soon won the respect and love of the female officials of the harem and successfully integrated into the palace cultural circle.
If Xue Huaiyi is a bit of a wild raccoon cat, then Erzhang is a noble Persian cat.
Therefore, Wu Cao loved Zhang Changzong more than Xue Huaiyi, but she learned the lesson of Xue Huaiyi and did not dare to let Zhang Changzong and Zhang Yizhi's official status surpass that of the prime minister, lest her boyfriend become ambitious and treat her as a wife.
Zhang Changzong's official positions over the years are only: General Yunlu, Zuo Sancai Chang Attendant, Lin Tai Supervisor, Si Servant Qing, Chun Guan Shilang, and Feng Ye Guogong.
Zhang Yizhi's official positions over the years are just as follows: AMTD Fengyu, Siwei Shaoqing, Gonghe Supervisor, Fengchen Order, Lintai Supervisor, and Feng Hengguo Gong.
However, due to Erzhang's special status, Wu Chenghe, Wu Sansi, Wu Yizong, Zong Chuke, Zong Jinqing and other high-ranking officials still compete to carry the whip and call Erzhang Wulang and Liulang, so Erzhang's power and influence actually surpass the prime minister.
Judging from the later development of the situation, Erzhang was not only a palace play, a feast and entertainment for Wu Cao, but also existed as a private political force to balance the Li and Wu families.
Erzhang can also help Wu Cao listen to internal and external news and supervise the movements of ministers. At the same time, Er Zhang also wanted to use Wu Cao to realize their political ambitions and coerce the Son of Heaven to order the princes!