Chapter 116 – Lost Deer in Liyang (above)

The end of the first year of the Xiangfu year, the first snowfall, not to be already, a moment is a goose feather snow. Just compared to previous years, I heard that this year, Tai’an City, inside and outside of a few places to enjoy the snow, less than seven or eight percent of the tourists, I think it will make those scattered stalls selling wine weng crone less earn some silver.

There are countless Zhang House in the capital, but there is a mansion is undoubtedly unique, local officials to the capital or not, foreign students also study, as long as it is with the people of the capital casually asked where the Zhang House, the latter certainly do not bother to ask in the end which is the Zhang mansion ah, but to give a direct answer.

Even if the snow flies, the Royal Road snow thick enough to sweep can not be swept clean, but the court will remain, not to mention the sensitive moment of the Crown Prince’s Supervision, which officials ate the bear heart leopard gall will be late?

But today on the temple hall, less people, less him, so that everyone is in shock, all are absent-minded, and even the supervision of the Crown Prince have appeared a touch of obvious trance color.

This unprecedented first time absent from the meeting of the people, did not take leave, as if it is with the supervision of the Crown Prince, as well as the dynasty of civil and military to say a shallow reason: I do not come is not come.

His Royal Highness turned a blind eye to this, neither letting the eunuch go to warm up for him, much less lashing out. The Minister of Rites, Mr. Bai Guo, who can make a big deal out of it, also acted as if nothing had happened.

Some people would like to take advantage of the situation, but after hesitating for half a day, they still didn’t dare.

After all, even Jin Sanlang had taken the initiative to sew his mouth shut today.

This official who made the entire court meeting not look like a court meeting was Zhang Julu, the current chief minister.

He is tied with that emperor who patrols the border as the first person in this dynasty who is diligent in government, only one is the first person in the king and the other is the first person in the courtiers.

Zhang Julu today is not physically ill, but just put on that first-grade purple robe court dress, suddenly do not want to participate in the morning court, and then he did not go.

This sideburns gradually frosty old man in the early morning sitting under the eaves, did not change into a more comfortable warm clothes, the old housekeeper moved to the mansion bamboo gabion woven set of simple fireplace, has been many times to the stove to add charcoal.

Zhang Julu this life, in addition to a few times by a close friend Tantan Weng forced to drink two cups, almost never drink, he insisted that drinking is a mistake, but today there is nothing to do, it seems to be even more nothing to do in the future, the old man still do not have half a bit of thought to drink, close to noon, scribbled some home-made cakes, continue to flip through the hands of the book of their own compilation of anonymous poems. Zhang Julu’s outstanding talent for governing the world, I’m afraid that he was at the beginning of his fortune, those who still have the power to fight the strong political opponents, will not be denied against their will, but Zhang Julu as the Hanlin Academy Huangmenlang origin, in addition to the young ones of the production of the art of the article is still sloppy a little bit of flying talent, and after that, whether it is the play on the folding, the language wording on the text itself, all appear to be tasteless and tasteless, so many years down the road, and even more so, there is not a masterpiece of the master. Masterpiece of the masterpiece, there is no rumor that he is particularly favorable to which literary heroes, not to which piece of masterpiece has had the eye of the comment.

It seems to outsiders that the chief minister has a natural resistance to writing, but in fact only Huan Wen knows that his old friend Zhang Julu does not hesitate to write and write, but he also loves the best works of many readers, especially the best lines, whether it is a poem of the border, or a poem or a poem, or a poem of feeling, or a poem of sacrifice, and each has its own preferences, and all of them are taken in the collection of poems compiled by himself, such as the one of the Shangyin Palace, Takigaoka, where Ouyang’s father’s sacrifice is written. Ouyang’s father’s sacrifice, Zhao Changling’s diatribe against Chu in the Battle of Xibeibi, and so on, Zhang Julu would take them out from time to time and turn them over, including Huang Longshi’s “The Yellow River is more than 1,000 miles straight to the north, and the grievous gas has become a black cloud”, and the line of the man who had been scolded by the literary world as “Mei Xu Mei Liang”. There is also that person who was criticized by the literary world as “flattering Xu and charming Liang”, “There is no war at the end of the world, and the soldiers’ qi is canceled into the light of the sun and the moon.” Also do not know from the previous dynasty who the palace grudge famous line, “outsiders do not see to see should laugh, Tianbao the end of the world makeup”, especially Xu Weixiong also in more than 300 articles occupy a lot of space, and even Xu Fengnian obviously heavy money to buy and get a few poems are also listed among them.

This is probably the so-called chancellor’s belly.

The old steward suddenly trotted up the steps and said in a low voice, “Master, the young master has boarded the door.”

Zhang Julu some doubt, but did not say anything, although he is a father when the son and daughter-in-law are as fearful as a tiger, but also more than not close to the point that the children are not allowed to disturb, but the eldest son of the second son of the two sons of the soft nature, and since childhood, some pedantic gas, after the establishment of the family, the two daughters-in-law are from a small family, if not thanks to the first minister of the Lord to hold on to the blessing of the two grandchildren, where they dared to come to here to look for their own trouble. The youngest son, Zhang Banguan, is one of the three sons. The youngest son Zhang Bian Guan is three sons in the alien, the most stubborn, but with this Zhang House relationship is also the most rigid, there is a pair of father and son of the old death sentence. Zhang Bian Guan took the initiative to walk into this mansion, it is indeed the sun beating out of the west. Although Zhang Julu’s face was expressionless, he still subconsciously forgot a few more eyes in the direction of the courtyard door.

A tiger’s venom does not eat its son, under the sky when the father, how many are really heartily loathe his son?

Zhang Bian Guan is still that dangling behavior, ran into the courtyard, hand carrying a thing not common in the capital, is the Jiangnan side of the countryside popular bamboo braided copper skin small stove, inside the rest of the charcoal, covered with ash, used to warm up, the old man in the winter, whether it is out for a walk or chatting at home, like to carry this kind of object, the Zhang family ancestry in the south of the Guangling River, Zhang Julu before the imperial examinations, the study of the old man often used to use a lot of time to study, but the old man is still in the middle of the study of the old man. Before Zhang Julu’s success in the imperial examinations, he often used this, after all, compared to the big stove to save a lot of charcoal, that is, poor families bite the bullet and can be used, after the capital became famous, only Zhang Banguan that moved to the city of Tai’an to settle in old age grandfather occasionally used a few times, I do not know today Zhang Banguan from where to get out of such an unseemly old antique out of the stage.

Zhang Banguan and the steward asked for some new charcoal poured into the stove, and from the feet of Zhang Julu that bamboo gabion fireplace shoveled some ash, squatting on the ground to finish tinkering, and handed it to Zhang Julu, who froze for a moment, and then took it and put it in his lap, one hand holding a book and the other hand carrying the stove, the warmth of the sudden a few more points.

Zhang Bian Guan and the steward asked for a small bench, rambling complained: “How old is the person, do not know to serve the old, have to enjoy the snow outdoor reading heroes …….”

The steward will heartily smile and leave, these words ah, that is, the young gentleman said, the other two gentlemen that is not dare to say this kind of speech, the master as long as a little impatient a slanting eyes, the two only know burying the head of hard reading the book of the saint’s son will be trembling, in the summer is also like walking on thin ice.

Zhang Bian Guan with an iron poker rattled the big fireplace in the charcoal, said: “listen to the marketplace said this day you this first aid adults speak more and more does not matter, many of the five or six small officials also dare to play up sloppy, in addition to Wang Xiong Gui’s Household and the Ministry of Rites is still quite generous, Ministry of mandarins, Ministry of War, Ministry of Industry, Ministry of Criminal Justice, are on the policy of the lower part of the policy of the Zhang Lulu, especially that the Imperial House of Representatives and the State Sons of Prison, the Qing noble official masters and the Qing dynasty, the Qing dynasty, the Qing dynasty and the Qing dynasty. Qing noble officials and Qingliu readers, every now and then will be freshly baked a few poems that borrow the past to satirize the present, put to death very much. What’s more, said His Majesty’s imperial patrol, previously went to the two Liao, that is to clean up inside and outside the court collusion of corruption and ink case, then went to Jizhou, is to give the Han family case reversed, the spearhead, are running towards a certain official surnamed Zhang in the dynasty.”

Zhang Julu smiled and asked, “Is there any more?”

Zhang Bian Guan tapped the iron poker and sneered, “There is! Why not? If you really want to talk about it, it’s not enough to fill a basket!”

Zhang Julu lightly asked, “Didn’t you also say that there are only some unimpressive officials who are clamoring for right and wrong?”

Zhang Bian Guan put his hands on the stove above the fire, without lifting his head, “The gust of wind starts from the ground, if we don’t stop it in time, and wait until it attracts the evil rain to pour on our heads, then there is still salvation?”

Zhang Julu said impatiently, “Is that all you have to say? You can leave when you’re done talking.”

Zhang Bian Guan snapped his head up and chided with red eyes, “This trip here, I’m actually saying two things, firstly, there is an imperial censor impeaching my elder brother for embezzling the good land, and my second brother for cheating in the imperial examination, and other people scolding you as the chief minister, I don’t care, and I don’t have the ability to get involved in it, but why are you so mean to my two elder brothers? You clearly can manage, why tolerate it? Even if …… even if the end is the same end, I a puddle of slime nothing matters, but you can not let my two brothers walk a little honorable?!”

Zhang Julu blandly said: “your second brother citation fraud, is to say that his countryside test got the sixth place in the subquai come from the wrong, although I was not authorized what, can be investigated, but also counted as true, after all, when the emperor admired the examiner is my Zhang Lu disciples to your second brother’s production art skills, over the countryside test is not difficult to pick the subquai is tantamount to a fool’s errand. As for your big brother embezzled good land matter ……”

Zhang Bian Guan angrily said: “on my big brother that nerd, on my sister-in-law that every time to the House is that exactly the same is still worth the money clothes jewelry, and the people to compete for profit? Your first minister for the sake of honor and prestige, never go to the big brother’s residence to see a glance, I Zhang Bian Guan has been countless times, big brother and sister-in-law live what kind of hard life, I am clearer than anyone else!”

Zhang Julu interrupted his youngest son’s words and calmly said, “In the eighth year of Yong Hui, I did help your elder brother to purchase three hundred acres of good land, the method was not honorable, just that your elder brother has been kept in the dark.”

Zhang Bian Guan was stunned, then tears sprang out of his eyes all of a sudden, muttering, “This is why ah, why do you even want to count your own son ah ……”

Zhang Julu looked toward the courtyard snow, white, half a day no one to sweep, Xing perhaps to be thick and knee, softly said, “the so-called Yong Hui spring, the temple gun public know very well, the future side by side with the person, mostly from the cold family.”

Zhang Julu put down the book, stood up, hands carrying that small stove, said to himself: “The cold family no noble son of the rules, has broken, the significance of the great, compared to the year when the great Qin Empire after the vertical and horizontal travelers have founded the luxury valve, ‘travel’ soldiers are no longer that rootless floating ping pong. But the advantages and disadvantages of the valve, the eight hundred years who have experienced, then the next eight hundred years, now those who jumped through the Dragon Gate of the poor, can be self-reflection? And will introspect a few points? The humble man suddenly rich and powerful, towards the field house Lang, twilight to the hall of the son of heaven. Do you really think anyone can hold the heart in the officialdom of this tank? It is precisely these barefoot people, standing in high positions, once for evil, the most no bottom line.”

Zhang Julu laughed, said: “This door, is my Zhang Julu open, then look at my Zhang Julu, hall of a dynasty of chief minister, power over the field for twenty years, but also due to the children and grandchildren of fraud and corruption and the matter of fame and fortune, is not to give the later generations of the court among the humble scholar and public official a dose of the cool loose?”