Wenduan Gong deserves to enjoy the Virtuous Temple

Six feet alley welcomes the old again

Yong Zhengqiang robbed his nephew Xiao Cai'er, and used stealing beams for pillars, and earned the second daughter-in-law of the favored minister Zhang Tingyu Yao with the peach instead of Li.

Yongzheng's most trusted ministers: the first is a scholar of Baodian University, a scholar of the Ministry of War, a minister of military aircraft, and a first-class Bo Ertai. Yongzheng and Ortai are also related in their previous lives. Since Ortai was transferred back to the capital from the post of governor of Yunnan and Guizhou, no matter how big or small the affairs of the DPRK and China, they must be discussed with Ortai before they are implemented. Ortai is a sparse body, or greeting, or congratulations, but it is a very ordinary thing, Yongzheng must reward his loyalty. and proclaimed to the whole world, and decreed that all the ministers inside and outside should set an example for him. He also often said to his subordinates that I am sometimes confident, but it is better to believe in Ortai's specialty. It can be seen that their kings and ministers have a deep relationship.

The second is naturally the prime minister of the two dynasties, the scholar of Wenhua Palace, the minister of military aircraft and the secretary of the ministry, and the hereditary first-class light car captain Zhang Tingyu. He is the only minister left in the previous dynasty, and the holy edict is all in hand. Most of the six Jiuqing and provincial governors are read by this old minister, and then select their important ones and then transfer them to Yongzheng Yulan and Zhu Criticism. All officials say that Zhang Tingyu is "half a son of heaven".

Yongzheng Dynasty's original collection of imperial court power almost replaced the military aircraft department in the upper study, and its regulations were formulated by him.

There are two unique creations of the Yongzheng Dynasty: one is called the merger of the ground, and the editing and review are suspended; Second, it is said that the economic reform praised by later historians was also drafted by Zhang Tingyu and implemented vigorously in the early years of Yongzheng.

In all dynasties, cloth threads, corn, and forced labor were three marches. The Holy Ancestor Kangxi Dynasty began to levy people and land grain, and the new people were reviewed every five years. Fifty years later, it is called a prosperous era, and the new population will be exempted from taxation and will never be increased. In the first year of Yongzheng, Li Weijun, the governor of Zhili, played: Please spread Ding Yin into the field grain. Zhang Tingyu actively promoted the ministry and Yongzheng's edict to allow "the integration of the land and the Ding", "Ding starts from the place", and stopped the editing and review of the Ding, which in a sense reduced the taxes of the few landless households.

The so-called fixed fire consumption, fire consumption, the people pay the silver for scattered silver, through the fire melted into ingots into storage, not without loss. Therefore, in addition to the regular endowment, the magistrate levies "fire consumption", and the heavy fire consumption counts the money every two times, and the light one has more money, which is an opportunity for the magistrate to take advantage of the corruption and exploitation. Fixing fire consumption means that the imperial court formulates a unified fire consumption standard and promulgates it to the world to facilitate honesty.

Before Yongzheng cut off the dissidents, his brothers, Nian Qianyao, Long Keduo and others, in order to consolidate the throne, he was indeed diligent in his administration, reviewing the chapters, issuing edicts, and working day and night, without food and night. But eight years after Yongzheng, the internal and external troubles have been eliminated, and he has gradually become a son of debauchery. After getting the daughter-in-law of Zhang Tingyu, an important minister who was both relied on and trusted, he thought that he could hide from the sky and the sea, and changed Yao's name and surname to Concubine Zhao. At the same time, he asked Gao Wuyong to secretly investigate to see if the Zhang family was aware of the "package adjustment".

Zhang Tingyu's heart is deep, and the Zhang Mansion also pretends to be nothing, hiding the disappearance of the Yao family from an iron bucket. Yongzheng was relieved, and he was as kind to Zhang Tingyu as ever. In October of the eighth year of Yongzheng, Zhang Tingyu participated in the machine service for a long time, respectfully worked hard and diligently, was hereditary as an earl, and rewarded the three-eyed feather. This is probably compensation for the prime ministers of the two dynasties who endured humiliation!

Yongzheng was deeply afraid that when he was spending time on the left and drinking and drinking on the left and the famous prostitute, the ministers outside said that they were making trouble, and he selected a group of loyal slaves among the eunuchs and woven a secret agent network. Specializing in detectives inside and outside the courtiers to slander the traitors of the court. It made the hundred officials fearful and did not dare to do wrong, and further consolidated his absolute heavenly authority.

It was another year of New Year's Day, and the pilgrimage had ended, and Yongzheng issued eleven edicts to discipline hundreds of civil and military officials inside and outside, telling them to be impartial and law-abiding.

In the early days after the Lantern Festival, the salute was finished, and Yongzheng smiled and asked the ministers:

"At home during the Spring Festival, what do you do as pastime?"

The officials replied in turn: Or say that they are drinking, or they are playing chess, or they are saying that there is nothing to do, and they are at home to take care of their children and grandchildren, and enjoy the joy of family. There is a unique waiter, who plays cards with his wives and concubines for fun for days. Seeing that all the officials had already said it, he had no choice but to prostrate himself on the ground, report it truthfully, and ask the emperor for forgiveness.

Yongzheng smiled:

"Playing cards is prohibited, but the festival is a pastime with the family, which can be forgiven. I remember that you are honest and not deceive, reward you with something, take it back and watch it, and you will naturally understand. With that, he threw a small paper bag.

The squire thanked him, took it home, and opened his eyes with his wife and concubine. At first glance, everyone was extremely surprised. What is in this paper bag? It turned out to be a solitaire card. Last night, I was playing cards, and suddenly there was a missing card, and I couldn't find it everywhere, because it was not early, and the game was over. As everyone knows, what Yongzheng gave him was the card he lost last night, which scared the waiter so much that he stuck out his tongue and couldn't retract it. said to his wives and concubines:

"It's a fluke! If I don't tell the truth today, will this head still be saved? ”

At the next time, an aunt said:

"That card last night, it was originally lost, but somehow it got into the emperor's hand."

The squire said with palpitations:

"You still don't know the reason inside, the secret agents in the palace are everywhere now. Even the governors of other provinces must also send people to follow up and report their every move to the emperor at any time. I remember that there was a newly released governor, His Majesty resigned from the palace, and Zhang Tingyu, the minister of the upper study, recommended one person to follow him. The governor could not excuse himself, and took the man to his office. But this man was very capable and became the governor's right-hand man. The governor spoke to him everything. At the end of the three-year term, when the governor was to be handed over and returned to Beijing, the retinue told the governor the truth: 'I am a royal guard, and I have been ordered to follow you here to observe your actions. I will go back and give instructions first, and tell everything about the past three years. The governor was frightened when he heard this, but fortunately he was still incorruptible, and he did not say anything bad about the Lord Banzai, and he did not punish him. Think about it, the officials outside Beijing are like this, and the officials in Beijing, what's the fuss about 'checking' your card? ”

When my aunt heard this, she stuck out her tongue and said:

"In this way, it is not easy to be an official."

As he was talking, he suddenly heard a noise outside the window, and the waiter waved his hand again and again:

"Don't talk about it, if the spies hear it, you will invite trouble. It's not too early, let's go to bed in peace! ”

It was said that it had reached the ninth year of Yongzheng, and in September, the queen Lana died, and the book said that he was filial to the queen. At that time, Yongzheng was addicted to alcohol, excessive lewdness, and his health deteriorated. A fifty-five-year-old man looks like a sixty-five-year-old man, and he looks very old.

He began to suffer from insomnia. One night, I couldn't sleep all night, tossing and turning on the big kang, and it was useless to let the beautiful palace maid touch it. His head rested on the high pillow, staring at the distracted eyes, looking at the embroidered tent of the window, and suddenly the bloody wind and rain of the palace coups of all dynasties and dynasties since ancient times suddenly appeared in front of him. He gradually felt that his days were numbered, and time was running out. I thought that after my dragon returned to heaven, my son would learn from his father and the emperor to kill each other, how could you live or die? I have more than 30 brothers, it doesn't matter how many I kill, but Hongshi, Hongli, and Hongdaycai are three brothers, not to mention killing a few, even if you kill one, you can't afford to kill one! You have to think of a perfect solution.

The next day, he summoned Zhang Tingyu, Ortai, Fang Bao, Shi Yizhi and a group of ministers, and said with a worried face:

"The establishment of the reserve is the foundation of the country. A dispute will shake the country's foundation. I remember the lesson of the Holy Ancestor's several establishments and abolitions of the crown prince, which caused the party and court disputes, and I did not establish the prince, and it was inappropriate to think about it; If you want to stand up, you will feel that you will cause trouble. Ladies and gentlemen, what are your good ideas? ”

When the ministers heard this, it was a matter of establishing a prince, and the changes in the previous dynasty were either witnessed with their own eyes or heard with their ears in detail. For a while, everyone was terrified, and no one dared to speak. After staying for a while, Ortai Fang said:

"The ministers are ignorant and have no opinions. Only seek to be arbitrary, in order to set the big plan. ”

Zhang Tingyu went on to say:

"Long live, the matter of building a reserve is not as good as the government, and there is no need for ministers to participate. According to Weichen's opinion, according to the law of Kangxi, the saint will draw up the will of the crown prince, write it in person, hide the gold scarf, and place it on the plaque of Zhengda Guangming. The princes and ministers don't know, but it's appropriate. ”

"Okay, okay," Yongzheng stood up with the back of his chair and said in a continuous voice, "It's up to Zhang Tingyu, this matter is up to me." It not only establishes the foundation of the country, but also avoids the disadvantages of competition. On the day of the Dragon Imperial Guest, only two or three ministers need to be handed over. This matter has been decided, so let ye be tired. ”

When the ministers retreated, Yongzheng called Gao Wuyong to bring yellow silk, Zhu Pen, and Jin Kui, personally wrote the secret decree of the edict of the throne, locked it in Jinkui, placed the red sandalwood box, and placed it on the Zhengda Guangming plaque with the inner attendant.

The storage position has finally been decided, but only Yongzheng knows which prince is determined. No matter what the ministers are close to, or the concubines they love, no one has anything to do with them. Since then, this has become the family law of the Qing Dynasty, and the prince will never be established again, and the emperors after Yongzheng will all appear behind the mysterious plaque in the Zhengda Guangming Palace.

Yongzheng's heart disease has been cured, but the dragon's body is getting worse, the kidneys are weak and swollen, the face is yellow and thin, and the spirit is getting worse and worse. Later, he simply lived in Changchun Garden to recuperate, and handed over the affairs of the court to the three most favored ministers, Zhang Tingyu, Ortai, and Fang Bao, and especially relied on Zhou Min's diligent and prudent Zhang Tingyu.

Zhang Hengchen, who is already in the age of the sixtieth year, often travels between the Forbidden City and Changchun Garden, where there is an important piece of music, the old prime minister takes the trouble to send it to Yongzheng, read it to the emperor word by word, and then write down his edict, and then Buda six departments and nine Qing.

Yongzheng felt his respectful praise and praised the merits, and specially awarded the first-class Ada Hahafan, which was hereditary by Zhang Tingyu's son and Hanlin Academy.

In the eleventh year of Yongzheng, Zhang Tingyu's old mother died, and according to the practice of the Qing court, the death of the minister's parents had to make him worry about filial piety. Yongzheng's health improved slightly, and he just returned to the Forbidden City from Changchun Garden to preside over the Xian Liang Temple Sacrifice Ceremony. Those who enshrined in the Jingshi Xianliang Temple are all famous heroes since the founding of the Qing Dynasty, and Zhang Ying, the former prime minister Wenduangong, is also enshrined in the Jingshi Xianliang Temple. Knowing that Duchess Wenduan died, Yongzheng couldn't do without Zhang Tingyu the most, so he had to endure the pain and give Zhang Tingyu three months of worry. Before leaving, Zhang Tingyu finished the last recital.

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Yongzheng Yulan, Zhu Pi: Ordered Jiuqing to discuss and act. Yongzheng praised Zhang Tingyu's conscientious and selfless virtue. Passed the decree, Zhang Ying, the Wenduan Gong who has entered the Beijing Shixian Liang Temple, made a sacrifice in his hometown of Tongcheng, and ordered Zhang Tingyu to return to his hometown. And let the eldest son Ruo Wei accompany him, and his younger brother, Zhang Tinglu, the governor of Jiangsu, also ordered to return to Tongcheng to meet and hold a sacrifice together. The Ministry of Internal Affairs issued 10,000 taels of gold, built an ancestral hall for Zhang Ying, the Duke of Wenduan, in Tongcheng, and gave 52 kinds of crowns and belts, clothes and mink, ginseng, and books of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Yongzheng's favor to the two generations of prime ministers of Tongcheng and Zhangmen cannot be overstated.

At the end of November, His Majesty Zhang Tingyu resigned from the emperor, and then led his inner family and his eldest son Ruowei to leave Beijing, and went straight to Tongcheng through Zhili, Hebei, Shandong, Henan, and Anhui. The prime minister of the two dynasties, who took the world as his own responsibility, nominally went home to be filial piety, and was ordered by the emperor to sacrifice Wen Duangong on behalf of the imperial court, but in fact, he never forgot to be an important minister of the imperial court along the way, and met with officials of various provinces, prefectures, and counties along the way, to understand the situation of the officials, to observe the people's feelings and social conditions, and to solve problems for the local area within the scope of his authority.

From December when he was still on his way, a letter to the emperor was evident. Recital:

Passing through Zhili, the counties of the water have been given relief, and there is still a lot of accumulation that cannot be planted

Mai, please add relief in January.

This shows the old minister's pure heart. Whether it was in the prosperous era of Kangxi of the wise lord, or in the Yongzheng Dynasty that was tyrannical and then desolate, in addition to being loyal to the king, Zhang Tingyu was more concerned and dedicated to the country and the common people. It can be said that for the government affairs of the imperial court, he did his best like Zhuge Liang, the famous minister of the Three Kingdoms, and then died.

Stop-and-go, Zhang Tingyu and his entourage finally returned to their hometown in Tongcheng on the day before the New Year of Layue. Zhang Tinglu, the eldest brother who is a student politician in Jiangsu, has already returned home, and his mother's funeral has been prepared, so Zhang Tingyu does not have to worry about it. Because the emperor had an edict, the Ministry of Internal Affairs issued a bill of ten thousand gold to build a shrine for Zhang Wenduan in Tongcheng, which alarmed the governor of Anhui Province and the order of Tongcheng County. Officials from the province, prefecture, and county set up a special preparatory team, and when Prime Minister Zhang arrived at his home, the construction of the Wenduan Ancestral Hall had already begun for more than half a month.

Six Feet Alley is buzzing again. After her father's death, her mother lived for another twenty-five years, and returned to the crane at the age of ninety-five, and she really died a righteous death, and there are no regrets for future generations. Therefore, although the grief of this funeral is not as good as that of my father, the scale of the funeral is comparable to the number of local officials, squires, and old people who came to mourn.

First, when Zhang Tingyu, the prime minister of the two dynasties, returned to the province, the local officials naturally came to join the knot; Second, there is an emperor's edict to build a shrine for Zhang Wenduan in Tongcheng, and officials at all levels come to support it; Third, Zhang Tinglu has been in charge of Jiangsu Xuezheng for many years, and he has been a protégé all over Jiangnan. Wujin Liu Lun, Changzhou Shen Deqian, etc. are all out of their doors, and to Tongxian, famous at the time. Tinglu's protégés naturally came to pay tribute to his wife's funeral, and took the opportunity to meet the prime minister.

It was around the Spring Festival, and the weather was freezing. After the mother was buried, the coffin was moved to the Zhang's ancestral hall near the Zhang's Mansion in the six-foot lane, and the charcoal fire burned all day long in the mourning hall, burning the hall warmly, the brothers, nephews and great-grandchildren, domestic servants, maids, monks and Taoist priests who did things, hundreds of people gathered together, gongs and drums played mourning music, and the local officials, squires, and old mourners came and went, and it was very lively.

It was not until the Lantern Festival of the first month that the festival was officially held, and it was buried on the side of the tomb of his father, Prime Minister Wenduan.

The mother's funeral was handled smoothly and locally in accordance with the ritual of the father's funeral. Mother and father were buried together, saving a lot of trouble. Officials from all over the country visited the prime minister, and Qianqian students visited the master and talked about the friendship between teachers and students, and they were all sent away after a few days of busyness. The officials had gone, the guests had resigned, and the prime minister's mansion on the huge six-foot alley had fallen silent again.

Zhang Tingyu and Zhang Tinglu, the brothers, have free time to talk about their reunion after a long absence.

That night, the brothers went to the two large study rooms that their father had used and sat down by the hearth where the red charcoal fire was warm. At first, you looked at me, I looked at you, but I couldn't say anything.

Both brothers are visibly older. Sixty-two-year-old Zhang Tingyu is already full of gray hair, with more white hair and less black hair on his long braids. The cheekbones are high, but fortunately, his face is ruddy, and his eyes are bright, and he looks energetic. Zhang Tinglu, who is in his fifties, seems to be older than his brother, his face is pale, and he is full of ruthless and real wrinkles of life that have been washed by the wind and rain of the years.

Since Zhang Tinglu was the chief examiner of Shuntianfu in the first year of Yongzheng, he has tasted the prison of the Criminal Department and almost beheaded Ling Chi. He walked out of the Yama Hall of the Prison God Temple, although he was particularly favored by the emperor and had been a Jiangsu scholar for two terms, but he didn't seem to have fully woken up from the nightmare. When I saw my brother, I felt like I was separated from each other!

Yes! It's been more than ten years since the brothers were apart.

In the past ten years, the second brother has experienced many ups and downs in the imperial court! Zhang Tinglu stroked more than 50 kinds of books from the Imperial Administration of Internal Affairs on the bookcase, and said with emotion:

"Second brother, I can't imagine that the Holy Lord will give us such a precious collection of books! I don't know how happy my father would be if he was alive. ”

"Yes, yes!" Both brothers are lovers of books. The other silk satin, ginseng, and mink fur given by the emperor are not uncommon to them, and they are not particularly cherished, and only from the Ouchi collection are the heirlooms that Six Feet Lane will treasure for generations.

This is where their conversation begins.

"Brother, I heard that the emperor's health has not been very good in recent years," Zhang Tinglu lifted the hanging pot from the stove, made a cup of Biluochun new tea for the second brother, and slowly blew wisps of hot air, and took a sip of hot tea, "What is the reason for the saint's illness?" He's the same age as my foolish brother! ”

"Ahem, it's hard to say!" Zhang Tingyu was stunned. He didn't want to talk about it. Because the people in Beijing, both inside and outside the court, mostly know that Yongzheng is excessively lascivious, hurts his body with wine, kills heroes indiscriminately, and is in a trance, so that the dragon's body is getting worse and worse, and it is not as good as day by day. Yongzheng is as kind to the Zhang family as the sea, but he has robbed his daughter-in-law and plundered the beauty, causing his second son Ruocheng to be depressed and unhappy, and the resentment that is difficult to cheer up so far is added. Therefore, Zhang Tingyu prevaricated with "one word is indescribable", and squeaked and revealed some innocuous news, saying:

"Since the third elder brother Yunzhi was detained and later died in the Jingshan Forbidden House, the emperor was angry and killed a famous and excellent Ge Shichang who should not have died, and since then the saint has been sick."

"Who is Ge Shichang, why did he anger the emperor?"

"It's an excellent person in Changzhou Mansion, but it's just a joke." Zhang Tingyu recalled, "June 18 of that year, it was the day of Yongzheng's biological mother Wu Ya's longevity, and the emperor's grandchildren invited famous people to sing in Changyin Pavilion to celebrate the life of the emperor's grandmother. More than 10 imperial uncles, more than 70 royal grandchildren such as Hongshi Hongli, Hongday, Hongzhan Hongwan, etc., as well as the old prince of the same generation as Kangxi, dozens of emperor's concubines and a few old concubines, bustling with hundreds of dozens of people, gathered on the platform opposite the water pavilion platform of Changyin Pavilion to watch the play. Later, Ortai and I accompanied the emperor to Changyin Pavilion, and the play didn't take long to disperse, and Yongzheng rewarded a few excellent people with the princes in the Guanyin Hall. That Ge Shichang had just come down from the stage, his body was hot, and he was a little drunk, so he actually opened his mouth to ask Long Live Lord to reward him with the word 'rich' in the imperial pen......"

"How unreasonable!" Zhang Tinglu was indignant, "It's just a play, did the emperor write it?" ”

"Written." Zhang Tingyu said, "The word 'blessing' is the special grace of Kangxi's old ministers and retired ministers during the New Year's holidays in his later years. Yongzheng rewarded, and the surname Ge thanked him, and he was fine. The more feverish and fainting the surname Ge was, he actually said that the prefect of Changzhou was his cousin, and begged the emperor to raise it again with a stroke of the pen. Yongzheng was furious in vain, and Hongli, a Qing guest who held the inkstone, angrily made a statement to the emperor, saying that the drama could interfere in politics, and the eunuch could bully the king. In the past Kaiyuan rule, Li Longji was so wise that he was so embarrassed that he caused the Tianbao Rebellion. The sins of the three thousand disciples of Liyuan who brought disaster to the country were unforgivable, and so on, made Yongzheng so angry that his face turned pale, and immediately ordered Gao Wuyong to beat Ge Shichang to death! ”

"This surnamed Ge is also begging for his own death!" Zhang Tinglu sighed, probably remembering the past when he presided over the scientific expedition of Shuntianfu, that time it was not that he was looking for death, but that the third elder brother Hong was making waves, and he became a scapegoat. Therefore, he asked: "What does Ge Shichang's death have to do with the emperor's illness?" ”

"As soon as the surname Ge died, Yongzheng made all the eunuchs kneel in front of him, and muttered to himself: 'Since I executed the traitor Gao Fu'er in the mansion, killing people since I ascended to the pole has been called the Six Departments. I have this virtue of being a good life. Ge's play is good, why do you want to punish him? Because he is just a play, it is his duty to act well and show others. Just like you, you are a eunuch, and it is your duty to wait for the master's food, clothing, and daily life, and to laugh and have fun when the master is bored. But Ge is uneasy about this duty. actually took advantage of the master's happiness to ask foreign officials about their duties, and vainly sought the blessings of non-share. Therefore I condemned him to death—'Before he had finished speaking, his face turned pale and his voice became hoarse. The Hongshi Hongli brothers hurriedly supported the superior public opinion, while quietly calling the imperial doctor, and went straight to the Palace of Nourishing the Heart. Since then, he has been in a trance, daydreaming, always saying that Nian Qianyao was standing beside him, and also said that Nian Qianyao deliberately stuck his tongue out more than a foot long to scare him......"

"Dare to feel the nightmare?"

"Maybe it's because there are too many people who have died."

"How is the third elder brother Hongshi now?" Zhang Tinglu changed the subject and asked.

The fire was so strong that Zhang Tingyu's face was forced to turn red as if he had drunk wine. He closed the door of the furnace and gave advice to his brother:

"It seems that the emperor's limit will not be too far away, the more times like this, the more you should not associate with the emperor's brothers. This is a taboo for being a courtier! Involved in the prince's party dispute, following the wrong master, and dying with no place to be buried. The lessons of the Kangxi Dynasty and the bloody history are still vivid! ”

"I know."

"Hongshi is still presiding over the government affairs of Songyunxuan, but the fourth elder brother Hongli seems to be more able to open up the situation than the third elder brother. The emperor often sent him to the north and south, to run errands in various places, and he was a veritable prince Qincha. ”

"Yang Mingshi, Li Fu, Cai Ling and others, why did they also commit crimes?"

"Li Fu, Xie Shiji, Cai Ling and others formed a party to commit rape and slander and trap the Minister of State Tian Wenjing. Chen Xuehai, the waiter of the Criminal Department, was born with a stinky mouth, but he was not strict in his eating style, and some jokes were rumored about Tian Wenjing's appointment, and he was also dismissed and investigated and arrested in the prison of the Criminal Department. ”

Zhang Tingyu drank tea, paused for a while, and sighed:

"Cai Ling is a veteran who has made outstanding achievements when Kangxi pacified the three feudatories, and he has been guarding the southwest for more than 40 years, which is well-known. Just because he once recommended Huang Zhenguo to be the political envoy of Henan, and he got closer to Li Fu, Li Fu and Tian Wenjing attacked each other for many years, so they were indiscriminate. Cai Ling talked about beheading, and his wife and concubine entered the Xin Library. ”

"Yes," Zhang Tinglu said compassionately, "Last year, the two great generals Yue Zhongqi and Marseille, who had made outstanding contributions, were detained for their crimes and sent to the Prison God Temple. ”

"Even officials like Sun Jiagan who dare to speak up are also guilty of death, and they are ordered to wear crimes in the silver treasury and go ......," Zhang Tingyu curled his fingers and said, "Minister Zha Siting, died in prison and killed his body." The clan punished the crimes of Bel Sunu and Bel Yanxin, and the imperial relatives and relatives were punished and imprisoned to death, as well as the eighth master, the ninth master, the tenth master, and the third master, these royal brothers and brothers. Alas, the Kangxi Dynasty became a prosperous era by governing the country with leniency and benevolence, and the Yongzheng Dynasty pacified the country with strict punishment, but it added to the chaos. In the past two years, the borders of Xinjiang and Yunnan have always been in turmoil, and the imperial court is not peaceful! Brother Lu, you left Jingshi, which can be regarded as a blessing in disguise. ”

"Hey, brother," Zhang Tinglu suddenly remembered something and said, "Since the change of the emperor is imminent, the future is uncertain, and you have always accompanied the king like a tiger, why don't you send Ruo Ai and Ruo Cheng brothers to other provinces on errands?" ”

"I don't think so," Zhang Tingyu said, "Ruocheng hadn't returned to Tongcheng with his wife and children, first, to let him serve his grandmother in his old age, and secondly, to study hard in his hometown in order to make progress." Unexpectedly, the old mother passed away, and he only had to study. If the mist will take the exam in the spring of this year, the middle jinshi, the court test, Yongzheng personally set the first three first, and he knew that he was my eldest son, and he sent the inner servant to proclaim directly. After I knew it, I resigned to the saint, changed to the second class, gave the editor, entered the south study, and filled the military machine Zhang Jing, he was inseparable from the imperial court. If he was born in the shadow of the Holy Grace, he had already entered the head of the Criminal Department, filled the military machine Zhang Jing, and then moved to Langzhong, and he had become the prefect of Chengjiang in Yunnan, and he was considered to have gone away and flew high. As for Ruo Li, Yongzheng was a jinshi in the eighth year, the head of the military department, and the imperial history of Jiangxi Province. ”

"However, the nephews are as restrained and serious as brothers," Zhang Tinglu replied and comforted, "It's okay to stay in the imperial court, not to mention that you will take care of it." ”

"Your family is in Jiangsu, and you need to do it yourself."

"Yes, thank you for the reminder."

The brothers gathered around the fireplace and talked all night. Later, Zhang Tingyu and Ruocheng, who was studying at home, and Ruo Ai, who was accompanied by the royal escort to the funeral, also had such a long talk, and listened to the report of the head of the hometown about housekeeping. This time, Tinglu's sons Ruoxu and Ruolu, who have become married in Jiangsu, also returned to their hometown. If necessary, it is also in the spring of this year, and his cousin Ruo Wei once entered the Jinshi, and the official Hanlin Academy said that he rushed back to his hometown in Tongcheng with his second uncle from Beijing.

The rest of the time, the brothers and nephews visited relatives and friends together, and traveled all over the famous mountains and scenic spots in Tongcheng.

In February of the twelfth year of Yongzheng, Zhang Tingyu returned to Beijing with his eldest son Ruo Ai, nephew Ruo Wei and his entourage and servants. Yongzheng sent the minister and the waiter Haiwang to welcome Lugou Bridge in the far suburbs of the capital, give imperial wine and food, and wash the dust for Zhang Tingyu and his party. This can be regarded as the honor that Yongzheng has never given to the Han minister.