At the end of the first year of Xiangfu, the first snow plummeted, and it was not enough, and it was a goose feather snowfall. It's just that compared with previous years, I heard that this year, there are several good places to enjoy snow inside and outside Tai'an City, and there are fewer tourists.

There are countless Zhang mansions in the capital, but there is one mansion that is undoubtedly unique, whether local officials go to Beijing, or foreign scholars travel to study, as long as they casually ask the people of the capital where Zhang's mansion is, the latter will definitely not bother to ask which Zhang's mansion is, but give a direct answer.

Even if the snow is falling and the snow on the royal road is so thick that it can't be swept clean, the court will still be the same, not to mention that it is still a sensitive moment for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to supervise the country, which official will be late if he eats the bear's heart and leopard gall?

But today, in the temple, there is one less person, less of him, so that everyone is shocked, they are all absent-minded, and even His Royal Highness the Crown Prince who is in charge of the country has an obvious trance look.

This unprecedented person who was absent from the court meeting for the first time did not take leave, as if he was saying a simple truth to the prince of the prison country and the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty: If I don't come, I won't come.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince turned a blind eye to this, and neither asked the great eunuch to ask for warmth on his behalf, nor did he get angry. The same is true of the Ministry of Rites, who can make a big fuss or make a big deal into a small one, just as if nothing happened.

Some people want to use the topic to play, but after hesitating for a long time, they still don't dare.

After all, even Jin Saburo took the initiative to sew his mouth shut today.

This official who makes the entire court meeting not look like the court meeting is the current first assistant Zhang Julu.

He and His Majesty, the emperor who patrolled the borders, were the first people in the dynasty to be diligent in government, but one was the first person among the kings and the other was the first person among the courtiers.

Zhang Julu was not unwell today, but just after wearing the purple robe of the first grade, he suddenly didn't want to participate in the morning court, and then he didn't go.

The old man with frosting sideburns sat under the eaves in the early morning, and without changing into more comfortable and warm clothes, the old housekeeper of the house brought a simple stove woven with bamboo strips, and added charcoal to the stove many times.

Zhang Julu in this life, except for a few times in his life by his best friend Tan Tanong forced to drag two drinks, almost never drink, he insisted on drinking and mishapting, but today has nothing to do, and it seems that there is nothing to do in the future, the old man still has no idea of drinking, close to noon, scribbled to eat some homemade rough pastries in the house, and continued to look through the nameless poetry book in his hand. Zhang Julu's ability to govern the country is outstanding in the world, I am afraid that it is those strong political enemies who still have the power of a war at the beginning of his career, and he will not deny it against his will, but Zhang Julu was born as a Huangmenlang of the Hanlin Academy, except for those art articles when he was young, he was so-so and a little talented, and then whether it was a right or an excerpt, the wording of the words and words on the text itself seemed dull and tasteless, so many years, there was no famous teacher's masterpiece handed down, and there was no news that he was particularly favored by a writer, and there was no comment on which masterpiece had the finishing touch。

From an outsider's point of view, Lord Shoufu seems to have a natural resistance to the matter of writing, but in fact, only Huan Wen knows that his old friend Zhang Julu does not hesitate to dance and write ink, but he will also love the masterpieces of many readers, especially many finishing touches, whether it is a side poem or a poem of resentment or a poem of feelings, the sacrificial prose also has its own preferences, all of which are collected in the self-compiled and self-customized poetry collection, such as the Shangyin School Palace's Takioka Ouyang's sacrificial father text, Zhao Changling's personal knife in the Battle of Xileibi, etc., Zhang Julu will take it out from time to time and flip it over, including Huang Longshi's"The Yellow River is more than 1,000 miles north, and the grievances are vast and become black clouds", there is the sentence of the person who was scolded by the literary world as "charming and cool", "There is no conquest in the quiet place of the world, and the military spirit is sold as the sun and moon." There are also famous sentences that I don't know who came from the previous dynasty, "Outsiders should laugh when they don't see it, and Tianbao will make up in the last years", especially Xu Weixiong also occupies a lot of space in more than 300 articles, and even a few poems that Xu Fengnian bought with a lot of money are also among them.

This is probably the so-called prime minister's belly.

The old steward suddenly trotted up the steps and said in a low voice, "Master Qiqi, the little young master has come to the door." ”

Zhang Julu was a little puzzled, but didn't say anything, although his father should make his son and daughter-in-law are in awe like a tiger, but it is not just unkind to the point that the children are not allowed to disturb, but the eldest son and the second son and the two sons are soft, and they are a little pedantic since childhood. The youngest son Zhang Bianguan is an outlier among the three sons, and he has the strongest temperament, but he also has the most stiff relationship with this Zhang Mansion, and he has a posture that father and son do not get along with each other. Zhang Bianguan took the initiative to walk into this mansion, and it was indeed a matter of the sun coming out in the west. Although Zhang Julu's face was expressionless, he still subconsciously forgot the direction of the courtyard gate a few more times.

Tiger poison still doesn't eat children, how many people in the world are fathers, how many people really hate their sons when they hit their hearts?

Zhang Bianguan is still the virtue of the hanging erlang, fart and ran into the yard, carrying a thing that is not common in the capital, it is a small bamboo copper stove popular in the countryside in the south of the Yangtze River, the charcoal fire is placed inside, covered with ash, used for heating, the elderly people in the winter whether they go out for a walk or chat at home, they like to carry this kind of object, the ancestral home of the Zhang family is in the south of the Guangling River, before Zhang Julu's imperial examination, he often uses this when he reads hard in the cold window, after all, compared to the big stove to save a lot of charcoal, even the poor family can use it by gritting their teeth, after becoming famous in the capital, only Zhang Bianguan moved to Tai'an City to settle down and retire the grandfather occasionally used it a few times, I don't know where Zhang Bianguan got such an old antique that can't be on the stage today.

Zhang Bianguan asked the steward for some new charcoal fire and poured it into the stove, and shoveled some ash from the bamboo stove at Zhang Julu's feet, squatted on the ground and finished pounding, and handed it to Zhang Julu, who was stunned for a moment, then put it on his lap, holding a book in one hand and carrying the stove in the other, and the warmth suddenly increased a little.

Zhang Bianguan asked the steward for a small bench again, and complained: "How old a person is, I don't know how old I am, so I have to enjoy the snow and read outdoors to be a hero......"

The steward will smile and leave, these words, that is, the little boy said, the other two sons would never dare to say such words, as long as the lord is a little impatient with a squint, the two sons who only know how to study the sages will tremble, and they are walking on thin ice in the summer.

Zhang Bianguan dialed the charcoal fire in the big stove with iron tongs, and said to himself: "I heard the market say that today, you, the first assistant, are talking more and more useless, and many petty officials of five or six grades also dare to be sloppy, in addition to Wang Xionggui's household department and the Ministry of Rites are quite kind, the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Industry, and the Criminal Department all have policies and countermeasures against Zhang Lu, especially the Hanlin Academy and the Guozijian, the Qing nobles and the Qingliu scholars, and they will freshly release a few poems that borrow ancient and modern satirical poems every three or five times, and they are very heart-wrenching. What's more, it is said that His Majesty the Emperor drove to patrol the border, and went to Liangliao before, which was to clean up the big case of corruption of ink in collusion between the inner and outer courts, and now he went to Jizhou in order to overturn the case of the Han family, and the spearhead pointed to it was to go to a certain official surnamed Zhang in the court. ”

Zhang Julu smiled and asked, "Is there anything else?"

Zhang Bianguan knocked on the iron tongs and sneered: "Yes! Why not? If you really want to say, it is not enough to load a basket!"

Zhang Juluyun asked lightly: "Didn't you also say that there are just some unpopular officials who are clamoring for right and wrong at the moment?"

Zhang Bianguan put his hands on the stove to bake the fire, and did not raise his head, "A gust of yin wind rises from the ground, if you don't stop it in time, wait until the evil rain is poured overhead, then can you still save it?"

Zhang Julu said impatiently: "That's all, you can leave when you're done." ”

Zhang Bianguan raised his head suddenly, and asked with red eyes: "This time, I actually said two things, first, there is a royal history to impeach my eldest brother for embezzling good land, the second brother cheated in the imperial examination, and others scolded you Lord Shoufu, I don't care, and I don't have the ability to mix......, but why are you so cheap to my two elder brothers? Even if the ending is the same ending, I don't care if I'm a puddle of mud, but can't you let my two brothers go a little more glorious?!"

Zhang Julu said indifferently: "Your second brother cheated in the imperial examination, which means that the origin of the Yakui who won the sixth place in the foreign country is not correct, although I didn't instruct anything back then, but after careful study, it is also true, after all, the chief examiner of the Son of Heaven at that time was my Zhang Lu's protégé, with your second brother's craftsmanship, although it is not difficult to pass the township test, but to win the Yakui is tantamount to a fool's dream." As for your eldest brother's embezzlement of fertile land......"

Zhang Bianguan said angrily: "Just my eldest brother's nerd, as far as my sister-in-law's clothes and jewelry are exactly the same every time they come to the house, competing with the people? !

Zhang Julu interrupted his young son's words and said calmly: "In the eighth year of Yonghui, I did help your eldest brother purchase 300 acres of fertile land, and the method was not glorious, but your eldest brother has been kept in the dark. ”

Zhang Bianguan was stunned, and then tears suddenly welled up in his eyes, and he muttered to himself, "Why is this, why do you even have to calculate your own son......"

Zhang Julu looked at the snow in the courtyard, white and vast, no one swept it for half a day, maybe it was knee-thick, and said softly: "The so-called Yonghui Spring, the temples and princesses all know that most of the people who stand side by side in the future are from the cold door. ”

Zhang Julu put down the book, stood up, carried the small stove in both hands, and said to himself: "The rule that there is no noble son in the cold family has been broken, and the significance is great. The pros and cons of the Hao valve, everyone has a deep understanding in the past 800 years, so in the next 800 years, those Han Shi who have jumped over the Dragon Gate will introspect themselves? Will they introspect a little? Han Shi suddenly became rich and rich, and he became Tian Shelang and ascended to Tianzi Hall at dusk. Do you really think that anyone can hold their hearts in the dye vat of officialdom? It is precisely these barefoot people who stand in high positions, and once they become evil, they have no bottom line. ”

Zhang Julu smiled and said: "This door was opened by me Zhang Julu, so on the other hand, I, Zhang Julu, have been the first assistant in the first place, and the power has been tilted towards the government and the opposition for 20 years, and I am still ruined because of the fraud and greed of my descendants.