However, it was said that Zhang Tingyu, Zha Siting, and Long Keduo accompanied Emperor Kangxi, and they did not leave the capital in October, Geng Yin, and Yaozhou. 癸巳, through the well, Bai into the post. Ding You, arrived in Taiyuan, Shanxi. Along the way, officials from various provinces and provinces knelt down to greet and send them off, and they didn't need to say anything. In Yaozhou, the lamas and monks appealed to the emperor to issue a decree to occupy civilian land to expand their temples, and Kangxi issued an edict:

Taking people's land to expand temples hinders people's livelihood. It is perpetually forbidden.

When passing the Baijing Station, the local official knelt by the well and told Kangxi:

"This well has been exhausted for many years, the emperor is coming, the spring water is gushing, this is the Haiyan River clear, the auspicious omen of the resurgence of the dragon well, all depend on the son of heaven Hongfu!"

Kangxi came to the well with great interest, and saw a bowl of spring water at the bottom of the well, turning white bubbles, gushing like a pot. He asked an old man next to him:

"Did this spring dry up?"

The old man only kowtowed, stammered, and said:

"The emperor is shengming, the son of heaven is Hongen."

Kangxi turned sideways and asked Zhang Tingyu:

"Hengchen, do you believe it?"

"This-" Zhang Tingyu frowned and pondered, this was obviously the deception of the local officials to boast about the emperor's holy virtues, and he noticed that a waterway was built from the mountains to a large pond above the Baijing, and the water poured down from above, naturally becoming a spring, if this little trick was exposed in public, the local officials would be guilty of defrauding the king. If you don't expose it, won't the emperor understand it in his heart? His brows flashed, and he suddenly had a plan for both worlds, and replied decisively, "Your Majesty believes!" ”

"Oh?" Kangxi squinted at Zhang Tingyu.

"The emperor loves the people like a son, and he is gracious to all directions. Last year, the household department refuted Fengtian's report of disaster, and the emperor criticized: "There is no certainty in the sunny and rainy days, and the rain is reconciled at the beginning, and then it is common to be affected by disasters." It can be played. 'Love for the people is evident from the sun and the moon. Last year alone, more than 10 counties in Jiangnan, Henan, Zhejiang, Huguang, Gansu and other provinces were exempted from disaster disasters. In order to never worry about floods and droughts, the emperor worked tirelessly, patrolling the Yellow River up and down many times, north and south of the river, and proclaiming the control of water and rivers. In the past two years, millions of silver have been allocated to repair the embankments of the Yellow River and Ziya River, and the water of the Yellow River has been cleared! All the people celebrate the 'Haiyan River Clear', in this prosperous time, it doesn't matter whether the little Baiquan is dry or spewed. ”

"Well said!" Kangxi said to the local officials, "Get up, you all have to be like me, Aiqing, be pragmatic and do your duty, do things well, and don't be opportunistic and harm the people." ”

"Emperor Shengming, long live the emperor, long live long live!" The magistrate was so frightened that he knelt on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly.

Afterwards, Long Keduo said to Zhang Tingyu:

"Zhang Xiang, you are really fickle. Knowing that the so-called Baiquan gushing is the result of the local dog officials working hard and losing money, opening canals to divert water, and fooling the emperor, but you are clever enough to hide the past for them......"

"They are also kind-hearted," Zhang Tingyu smiled slightly, "Why bother to make people's heads fall to the ground for a trivial matter?" Besides, opening a canal to divert water, regardless of whether it is a real spring or a fake spring, it is always a good thing for the people to have water to drink. ”

"Hengchen flatters both sides, admires, admires!"

"Lord Long has won the prize."

In Taiyuan, the emperor stayed in the temporarily rebuilt palace of the governor's palace, summoned the governor, governor and other local officials, and inspected the people's conditions and customs. Kangxi has come to Shanxi more than once, and in the first month of last year, he braved the wind and snow to patrol Shanxi and climbed Wutai Mountain. He has been on Wutai Mountain four times in his life, so even the people know that Kangxi Ye misses Wutai Mountain so much because Shunzhi Ye did not die, but cut his hair and went to Wutai Mountain to become a monk. Emperor Kangxi came here many times to find his father and recount the love between father and son.

Last year, the emperor shot the Tiger River, and the people asked the people to build a longevity pavilion on the top of the Bodhisattva to celebrate, but the emperor did not give permission. Because he knew that Shanxi was still poor, he repeatedly ordered that temples and pavilions should not be built and expanded, and the people and money were lost. This time, he also exempted Shanxi from the past years. When the common people heard this, they called for a holy drive in front of the palace, and Kangxi stayed for one more day.

In November, Kangxi drove Hongtong, and the relics were investigated to pay tribute to Nuwa's tomb. Renzi, crossing the Yellow River, saw the Yellow River flooding, it was indeed much clearer, and the Sacred Heart was very happy. On the royal boat, Kangxi asked the guards to scoop a scoop of river water, looked at it carefully, and then took a handful of water with his hand, letting the water leak gently between his fingers, and couldn't help but chant with pride:

Since ancient times, the Yellow River came from the sky,

The sludge muddy water is open to the Three Gorges.

Jin Ge Tie Ma Xi Expedition Day,

Dongping Kou lingered for a long time.

Thirty years of imitation of King Yu,

He Qinghai Yan was in his arms.

The ministers and the governor of Shaanxi, the governor, the officials of Tongguan, the emperor of the metropolis Tao Wuluo, the merit of the world, the imperial poetry, no ancient. Only Zhang Tingyu calmly disagreed:

"No, it's not unprecedented!"

"Oh?" Kangxi was slightly stunned.

"Today is a saint who comes out once in five hundred years, comparable to the Duke of Zhou." When the ministers heard this, they breathed a sigh of relief, and Kangxi also looked at Zhang Tingyu who said Lang Lang, "King Qin and Han Wu, compared with it, lost the literary talent; The ancestors of the Tang Dynasty and the Song Dynasty did not have the coquettish poetry of today, loved the people's bodies and things, and worked hard day and night. In order to control the river troubles, for the prosperity of the country and the people, the emperor drove his relatives all over the Yellow River, north and south of the river, which can be compared with the Qin king, Han Wu, Tang Zong and Song Zu? ”

"Zhang Chenxiang said the extreme," the ministers only promised, "The emperor is a British lord who comes out once in five hundred years!" ”

Kangxi was naturally very happy. After crossing the Yellow River, stationed at Tongguan. Send Zhang Tingyu to lead Long Keduo and the guards of the Internal Affairs Office to Huashan to worship Xiyue. He himself summoned the centenarian who was driving at the crossing of the Yellow River at the camp and presented him with platinum. Jiayin, the second Weinan, reviewed the Guyuan pacesetters and cavalry, the sacred heart rejoiced, and the admiral Pan Yulong and his subordinates were specially promoted to the first level. Bingchen, stationed in Xi'an. Sent to investigate the court to lead the magistrates to sacrifice King Wen of Zhou and King Wu, and Zhang Tingyu drafted the sacrifice text and crowned the name of the Son of Heaven. Ji Wei, Kangxi parade, gave the general Pu Ji a royal bow and arrow, and gave a banquet to all the officers and soldiers. The soldiers and civilians gathered in front of the palace and stayed for one more day. Qin gave the plaque of "Cao Zhi Clean" in the imperial book of Li Hao, who was exempted from Shaanxi and Gan years.

It was the middle of winter, the weather was cold, and the snow was falling, Kangxi felt a little unwell on this day and didn't dare to go west. Guihai, the royal drive back to Luan. After Shaanzhou, he ordered the third prince Yinzhi to read the three pillars. At the end of December, passing by Xiuwu, inspecting the soldiers of the Huaiqing battalion, seeing that the team was not in order, Kangxi was furious, and arrested the general soldier Wang should be unified into Beijing to punish the crime and die. Over Cizhou, the imperial book "sage and philosopher's remains" plaque, hanging Zigong tomb. On the eve of Chinese New Year's Eve, the royal drive and his party returned to Beijing.

The western tour lasted for three months.

The south study room has been put on duty, and the subjects are buying New Year's goods and preparing to celebrate the annual Spring Festival. Zhang Tingyu returned to the mansion, and his wife Wang had already given birth to her fourth child, a daughter named Ruohong. I already have three sons, and I am looking forward to a daughter, and sure enough, I have it. When the first three sons were alive, he had not yet entered the Jinshi, and his career was still slim, "the fog lost the building, and the moon was lost", so the boss named it "Ruo Ai", a "Haze" word, indicating his state of mind. And now when he is the prime minister of the dynasty and a close minister of the Son of Heaven, he is naturally "flying high and flying thousands of miles in one fell swoop", and the future is immeasurable, so he took the word "Hong".

Walking into the gate of the mansion, all the servants and slaves of the house knelt outside the middle gate to greet the master, Zhang Tingyu waved his hand eagerly and said: "Get up, get up, although it is a farewell for three months, there is no need to be so heavy." He saw his wife in her arms from a distance, beaming with joy. Three steps and two steps walked up, carefully looked at the little girl's round face, scratched the chubby little hands that danced wildly, and glanced at Mrs. again, and said with joy:

"It's good that the mother and child are safe, it's good to ......"

"My lord has been in the dust," said the lady, too, with love and longing, "and come into the house quickly, and the servants have already boiled the hot water." Take a shower and get a few days of rest. ”

He took Hong'er from his wife's arms, laughing and kissing all the way. Walking into the middle hall, the third Ruoyu, who had just turned five, seemed to be jealous of his little sister, and broke free from Zitong, who was holding him, threw himself to his father's side, hugged his thighs and coquettishly. Zitong said with a red face while pulling Ruoyu:

"The master is back, and he wants to die."

Zhang Tingyu handed the little girl in his arms to Zitong, bent down to hug the third child, and shouted while hugging:

"Ah, our young master, I haven't seen him for a few months, but he has grown a lot taller and heavier, so heavy that my father can't hold it."

Ruo Wei put his arms around his father's neck and said in a childish voice:

"Dad, Aunt Zitong asked me to read poems, and I have learned several poems." Then he said in a loud voice:

Two yellow orioles singing green willows,

A line of egrets in the sky.

The window contains the snow of Xiling Thousand Autumns,

The door is berthed in the Dongwu Wanli ship.

He teased his son and asked:

"Little baby, where does Soochow know?"

"To the east."

"How far?"

"I don't know."

"Who lives there?"

Ruoyu shook his head.

"Think again, who's missing in this room?"

Ruo Hao bit her brother's ear and whispered:

"It's Grandpa."

Ruo Wei asked uncertainly:

"Isn't it grandpa?"

"The kid is so smart," Zhang Tingyu laughed happily, "Grandparents live in Dongwu, a place called Tongcheng. Dad and the baby are also from Tongcheng, and our hometown is in Tongcheng. ”

The little guy nodded as if he didn't understand.

The second Ruocheng clapped his hands and said:

"I already knew that my grandfather lived in Tongcheng and went back to my hometown."

Zhang Tingyu put his son down, stroked his big and round head, and pretended to be serious and said:

"The third young master of our family, I am afraid that he inherited his grandfather's talent and can recite poetry at the age of five. However, it was not his own poems that he chanted, but the poems of Du Gongbu. It seems that after the Spring Festival, Dad has to let you study with your two brothers. ”

"The third young master is still young," Zitong took over the conversation and said, "If you don't read it, it's better for the slave to teach the young master "Three Hundred Tang Poems". ”

"Okay, okay, Aunt Zitong teaches, and Dad also teaches ......" Ruoyu was still clapping her little hands and making noise.

Madame pulled Ruoyu over and smiled at Zitong:

"Stupid girl, don't dream about it yet. Give Ruoyu to the nurse, and quickly lead the master to the back hall to change clothes and wash. ”

"Yes, ma'am—yes." Zitong pushed the little young master to the nurse, smiled mischievously, and followed Zhang Tingyu towards the backyard.

From this moment on, Zhang Tingyu finally forgot that he was a servant of the Son of Heaven for the time being, and regarded himself as an ordinary husband and father, and assumed the obligations of being a husband and father. Because until the Lantern Festival, under normal circumstances, the emperor will not summon his ministers again. The emperor patrols around all year round, and there are endless reviews and summons in the palace, and there are endless courtiers and Xinjiang officials, and he is busy and tired enough. There are only about 20 days before and after the Spring Festival, and he will also be arranged by the Internal Affairs Office and the eunuchs to live a "family" life in the royal family. Go to the palaces where the queen, Zhaoyi, concubines, nobles and other concubines live, serve the queen mother, summon the prince and dozens of princes, grandsons, as well as uncles, brothers, princes of nephews, county kings, Baylor, and Beizi, at least have a grand royal reunion dinner together. The emperor is busy celebrating the New Year, and when he is a courtier, he can naturally spend a lively New Year at home with his family, relatives and friends.

Zhang Tingyu's eldest brother Tingzan and eldest brother Tinglu have all started a family in Beijing, only the younger brother Tingyu has not yet married, on the eighth day of the lunar month, Tingyu is still on the way to return home, the eldest brother sent the younger brother Tingyu to lead the family back to Tongcheng's hometown and accompany his parents for the New Year. The three brothers all brought back rich gifts for the New Year, Tingyu was not at home, and his wife, Wang, who was known for her virtuous and wise, prepared heavier gifts for her parents-in-law. The younger brother Tingyao said unhappily:

"Second sister-in-law, are you going to move all the things in the house? Look, what fresh fruits, dried fruits, candied fruits, what hibiscus Zhai, Ruifangzhai pastries, honey offerings, as well as Dongyue Shengzhai five-spice sauce beef, mutton, Zhimei Zhai butterfly spring rolls, meat corners, tsk, are you afraid that your parents will not eat at home? ”

"Little brother, this is your brother and sister-in-law's heart." Wang's sister-in-law still asked Zitong to move the gift up.

"I can't take it." Ting Yao felt that it was a redundant move.

"Put it in the car, what's not to take?"

"The car on the road will go for half a month and 20 days, what should I do if the food is going to be bad and moldy?"

"It's the moon now, and it can't be broken." Wang said with all kinds of thoughts, "His grandparents have left the capital, and I don't know if they are used to living in the countryside, and I really want to go home to see the old man." Little brother, stay overnight along the way, pay attention to adding clothes, don't get cold. The ones brought are all local products from the capital, and the grandparents like to eat them, so they should be regarded as a piece of filial piety for the brother and sister-in-law. ”

"Sister-in-law, you are so nice!" Tingjin was finally moved.

Mrs. Wang has given birth and been confined, and she is plump and sturdy and more beautiful than before. Don't look at her growing up in a scholarly family of great poets, she is polite, polite, and actually very capable. There are dozens of people in the house, who are in charge of her inside and out, and she is a well-known good wife and mother.

Zhang Tingyu, who is full of bookishness, is a capable minister and virtuous minister outside, but when he arrives at home, he completely depends on his wife. He doesn't know anything about household matters, and he's happy to leave it alone. On the evening of the thirtieth day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, he was still nestled in the warm study room to read his "Imperial Collection", and the book case was still stacked with unfinished "Imperial Zhuzi Daquan", "Yuanjian Class Letter", "Fang Wangxi Collection", "Zhongyong" and so on. The "Imperial Collection" he read is a new collection of poems by the old father-in-law Wang Shizhen, and the ink fragrance is still there. Emperor Kangxi often collected his poems and recorded 300 personal inscriptions of the "Imperial Collection", which were published in the world. Its poetic power to refute the loss of the public security faction in the late Ming Dynasty in the slang, the loss of the Ling faction in the slender, only to the charm of the sect, the spirit of the spirit, the smugness, with the light and idle wind charm to open the Qing Dynasty generation of poetry.

Fu Shouqing Gesha Nenxiao,

The red tooth purple jade is invited at night.

Now the moon is as empty as water,

I don't see the Qingxi Changban Bridge.

The old father-in-law was regarded as the leader of the Qing Dynasty poetry, but Zhang Tingyu was a little at a loss after reading the three hundred poems of the emperor in the collection. Maybe he is not a poet and does not know the samadhi in the poem. He felt that reading his father's "Yuanjian Class Letter" and Mr. Fang Bao's "Fang Wangxi Collection" by Mr. Fang Bao, a native of Tongcheng, was more enjoyable and beneficial. He had long admired his father's learning; Fang Bao's teacher, Han Liu, emphasized righteousness and law, and advocated the proclamation of Confucian ethics, which was also in line with his interests and propositions of dealing with people. He was not a poet, but a practitioner of Confucianism.

He was thinking about it, and in an instant, firecrackers roared all over the capital, and at this time, Mrs. and Zitong walked in together, and Mrs. shouted:

"Hengchen, come and see the fireworks, it's time to have a Chinese New Year's Eve dinner."

So, one on the side, Mrs. and Zitong took his arm and came to the middle hall together, and the three Eight Immortals table set up a sumptuous reunion dinner, steaming. In the courtyard of the second gate, the eldest Ruo Ai, the second Ruo Cheng, the domestic servants, and the maid Huan, were jumping up and down to set off firecrackers and fireworks, and even Ruo Wei, who was a little more than five years old, stood far away at the bottom of the steps, stomping his feet and laughing madly with joy and fear.

Zhang family for several generations of Confucianism, do not believe in Buddhism, although there is a shrine in Tongcheng's hometown, in addition to the ancestral tablet, but also only sacrifice to Confucius, Yasheng. The brothers who are officials in Beijing do not have gods, and they do not worship their ancestors and worship gods. This saves some links, and letting go of firecrackers and fireworks is a big family closing the door for New Year's dinner.

Zhang Tingyu insisted that the master, the domestic servants, and the maids ate at the same table, and never separated each other, probably this is also the practice of Confucius's "benevolence".

After a long absence, like a newlywed, it is very natural for couples to love and enjoy each other for a night on Chinese New Year's Eve. First, after giving birth and confinement, the lady has long been eager to kiss a man; Second, after three months of intense fatigue of accompanying the driver, once Tingyu relaxes, of course, there is also the thought of the king of Chu in the morning clouds and twilight rain. This is exactly what is, "a piece of water flies into the house, and a thousand bamboo shadows climb the wall", "Yunkai Wuxia Thousand Peaks come out, and the road turns to the Bajiang River", when the clouds are happy and the rain is in love, Mrs. said with a strong feeling:

"Daddy, child, what do you think of Zitong?"

"Okay."

"Then you will accept her as a concubine, what are you hesitating about?"

"Why do you have to take a concubine!"

"Confucius and Mencius also said that food, color is also." Mrs. Wang still said sweetly, "If you men don't go outside to prostitute prostitutes, *** is the most serious man." The emperor has three palaces and six courtyards, and I don't know how many beautiful women Jiao'e have six or seven grades of Futai County Order, all of whom have three wives and four concubines. If you don't take a concubine, I don't want to go. You know, say you're too busy; I don't know, I thought I was a lion in Hedong, and I was too strict with you......"

"Zitong is also too young, no more than three or four years older than Ruo Ai."

"The emperor's youngest concubine is more than ten or twenty years younger than the prince!"

"Then let's take it."

"What do you say?" Seeing that he was confused, she pushed him.

"What?"

"Na Zitong." She chattered with little vinegar and honey, "Zitong, this girl has a good character, she is young, she knows the heat and knows the cold, she serves you intimately, accept her, I don't worry, what about you?" ”

"......" he was already snoring like thunder.

On the first day of the first lunar month, the sky was just hairy, and the eldest and second children, domestic servants and maids set off firecrackers in the courtyard to welcome the arrival of the New Year. The lady also got up early, freshened up and dressed neatly, and changed into an open dress with embroidered sleeves and a rolled collar. After Zhang Tingyu was woken up by the sound of firecrackers, he opened his eyes and lay on the bed for a while, and his wife personally waited for him to put on a new white wind python robe to make up for it, hang a string of crystal agate beads around his neck, and wear high-soled embroidered blue boots on his feet. The husband and wife both walked out of the upper room and came to the atrium, where their sons, domestic servants, and maids called together to congratulate the lord and wife on the New Year. Ruohong, who was held by the nurse, and Ruoyu, who was held by Zitong, all changed into new clothes and wore new flower hats. Zhang Tingyu and his wife returned the salute, and Zhang Tingyu said:

"New Year's greetings, Happy New Year!"

"The first cub of the first year, the second lang of the first year", this is the rule of Tongcheng New Year's greetings. On the first day of junior high school, he went to his parents' house to pay New Year's greetings, and on the second day of junior high school, he went to his father-in-law's house to pay New Year's greetings, and the Zhang family still followed this custom in his hometown. Because his parents had returned to his hometown and there was no New Year's visit on the first day of junior high school, Zhang Tingyu was ready to go to his father-in-law's house with his wife and children in the second year of junior high school.

In the first day of junior high school, after breakfast, the couple held the child and played in the back garden for most of the day. The child was tired of playing, Zhang Tingyu was about to go back to the study to read the first book of the new year, and to open notes and order something, when the eldest brother and the eldest brother entered the door lively. The eldest of their children, Ruo Jing and Ruo Xu, are fifteen or sixteen years old, and the youngest is four or five years old. The brothers and concubines drank tea and snacks in the West Flower Hall and chatted about family life. I can't say that the parents are short, and the rumors of the official eunuchs are endless, and I am talking happily, and there are people outside the middle gate, and the robes and clothes are glorious.

It turned out that the attendants, Taoists, and officials of the first class of various ministries and courts came to the Prime Minister's Mansion to pay New Year's greetings. They are holding the etiquette of "lower officials are like sons", so they also came to the prime minister's house on the first day of the new year to celebrate the New Year.

The brothers and concubines went to the back hall to set up the card table and rub mahjong, and Zhang Tingyu and his wife came to the middle hall to entertain the endless stream of Gong Gong who came to pay New Year's greetings. On this day, Zhang Tingyu actually had a dry throat and a dry tongue from socializing, and he was tired and had a sore back and legs.