Chapter 625 Zhang Julu’s true feelings are revealed, and the old emperor patrolls Yanbao at night
The emperor hesitated for a moment and said to himself: “Just tell him that the word “Dun” in Zhao Dun is worthy of the world, but Zhang Julu is worthy of him. 』
At the end of the first year of Xiangfu, the first snow fell sharply, and if it didn’t fall, it would be heavy snow. However, compared with previous years, I heard that there are 70% or 80% less tourists in several places to enjoy snow in Tai’an City this year. I think it will make those wine-selling ladies and women in scattered stalls earn less money.
There are countless Zhang Mansions in the capital, but one mansion is undoubtedly unique. Whether local officials go to Beijing or scholars from other places to study, as long as they ask the people in the capital where the Zhang Mansion is, the latter will definitely be too lazy to ask which Lord Zhang’s house it is, but will give the answer directly.
Even if it is snowing heavily and the snow on the imperial road is so thick that it cannot be swept clean, the court meeting is still the same, let alone the sensitive moment when His Highness the Crown Prince superintendent, which official would be late if he eats the heart and leopard. But today, there are fewer people in the temple. Without him, everyone was shocked, and they were all absent-minded, and even the prince of the regent appeared in a clear trance.
This person who absented the court meeting for the first time did not take leave, as if he was telling a simple truth to the crown prince and the civil and military officials of the court: If I don’t come, I won’t come.
His Highness turned a blind eye to this, neither letting the eunuch care for him, nor was he furious. The same is true for Bai Guo, the Minister of Rites who can make big mistakes or make big things small, just pretend nothing happened.
Some people want to take advantage of the problem, but after hesitating for a long time, they still dare not. After all, even Shinsanro took the initiative to sew his mouth on his face today.
This official who made the entire dynasty meet is Zhang Julu, the current chief assistant. He and His Majesty, the emperor who was patrolling the border, were ranked first in this dynasty, but one was the first in the king and the other was the first in the ministers.
Zhang Julu was not feeling unwell today, but just after putting on the first-class purple robe, she suddenly didn’t want to attend the morning court, and then he stopped going. The old man with frosted temples sat under the eaves in the early morning and did not change into more comfortable and warm clothes. The old housekeeper in the mansion brought a simple stove with bamboo strips and had added charcoal fire to the stove many times.
Zhang Julu almost never drinks except for a few times she was pulled by her friend Tantan Wengqiang for two drinks in her life. He insisted that drinking is a mistake, but today he 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.
Near noon, he scattered some rough pastries made in the house, and continued to look through the collection of unknown poems he compiled himself. Zhang Julu’s talent in governing the country is probably the most powerful political enemies who are still powerful in battle at the beginning of his career, and will not deny it against his will.However, Zhang Julu was born as a Huangmenlang of the Hanlin Academy. Except for the art-making articles he made when he was young, he was quite talented, whether it was a correct or a memorable comment, his words and words themselves seemed bland and boring. Over the years, no famous poem has been passed down, nor has it been reported that he is particularly fond of any literary master, nor has he ever commented on any masterpiece.
Outsiders seem to have a natural resistance to writing, but in fact, only Huan Wen knows that his old friend Zhang Julu does not hesitate to do writing, but he also loves many excellent works by scholars, especially many of the best sentences that give the finishing touch. Whether it is frontier poems, boudoir poems or feelings poems, essays and prose have their own preferences, and they are all collected from the self-written collection of poems. Like the article “Sacrifice to the Father” by Ouyang, the “Emperoration of the Chu” written by Zhao Changling in the Battle of the West, and Zhang Julu would take it out from time to time and look it out. Among them are Huanglongshi’s “The Yellow River is more than a thousand miles north of the north, and its injustice is vast and black clouds”, the person who was scolded by the literary world as “There is no war in the quiet place of the world, and its military spirit is dispelled into the sun and moonlight”, and the famous palace grudge line “Outsiders should laugh if they don’t see each other, and the world will be made up in the late Tianbao period”, especially Xu Weixiong also occupied a lot of space in more than 300 articles, and even a few poems that Xu Fengnian had bought at a high price were listed among them.
This is probably what the prime minister has.
The old manager suddenly trotted up the steps and whispered, “Young Master, the young master is here.”
Zhang Julu was a little confused, but said nothing. Although his father was so destined to make his son and daughter-in-law respect him, he would not be so unkind that his children were not allowed to disturb him. However, the eldest son and the second son are soft-hearted and have been a little pedantic since childhood. After getting married and starting a business, the two daughters-in-law were from small families. If they had not entrusted the blessing of the chief minister to hold two grandsons, they would not dare to come here to feel uncomfortable. The youngest son Zhang Bianguan is an alien among the three sons. He is the most stubborn, but his relationship with the Zhang family is the most intense, and he looks like a father and son never interact with each other. Zhang Bianguan took the initiative to enter this mansion, and it was indeed the sun that hit the west. Although Zhang Julu had no expression on her face, she still subconsciously looked at the direction of the courtyard gate.
The tiger poison is not enough to eat. There are a few people in the world who really hate their sons from the bottom of their hearts. Zhang Bianguan is still the kind of carelessness. He ran into the yard happily, holding a thing that is not common in the capital. It is a small bamboo-woven copper-skin stove that is popular in the countryside in the south of the Yangtze River. It contains charcoal fire and is covered with ash for heating. Older people like to carry such objects in winter, whether they are going out for a walk or chatting at home. The Zhang family’s ancestral home is south of the Guangling River. Before Zhang Julu became famous in the imperial examination, he often used this when he studied hard. After all, it saves much charcoal fire than a large stove, and even poor families can use it even if they grit their teeth. After becoming famous in the capital,Only Zhang Bianguan, who moved to Tai’an City to settle down and retire, used it several times occasionally. I wonder where Zhang Bianguan has made such an old antique that cannot be put on the table today.
Zhang Bianguan asked the supervisor for some new charcoal fire and poured it into the stove. He shoveled some ashes from the large bamboo stove under Zhang Julu’s feet. He squatted on the ground and finished fiddling, and handed it to Zhang Julu. The latter was stunned for a moment, took it and placed it on his legs, holding the book in one hand and the stove in the other hand, and the warmth suddenly became a little more.
Zhang Bianguan asked the manager for a small stool, and complained: “How old is the person, I don’t know how old you are, and I have to enjoy the snow and study outdoors to be a hero…”
The manager left with a smile. These words are what the young master said, and the other two young masters would never dare to say such words. As long as the master was a little impatient, he would squint his eyes, the two young masters who only knew how to study hard on sage books would be trembling, and he would be walking on thin ice in summer.
Zhang Bianguan used iron pliers to pluck the charcoal fire in the large furnace, and said to himself: “I heard from the people in the market that you, the chief minister, are becoming more and more useless today. Many small officials of the fifth and sixth rank dare to be careless. In addition to Wang Xionggui’s Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Personnel, the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Works, and the Ministry of Justice all have policies and measures against Zhang Lu, especially the Hanlin Academy and the Imperial College, the Qing Dynasty officials and the Qingliu scholars, have to release a few poems that borrow the past and satirize the present every now and then, and have a lot of experience in killing them. What’s more, it is said that His Majesty the Emperor was patrolling the border and went to the two Liao Dynasty to purify the corruption case that was linked to the internal and external courts. Now, he went to Jizhou to reverse the case of the Han family. The finger pointed out, he was aimed at a high official named Zhang in the court.”
Zhang Julu asked with a smile: “Is there any?”
Zhang Bianguan knocked on the iron pliers and sneered: “Yes! Why don’t you really want to say it? It’s not enough to put a basket!”
Zhang Julu asked calmly: “Didn’t you also say that now is just some indifferent officials clamoring right and wrong?”
Zhang Bianguan put his hands on the stove and roasted the fire without raising his head. “The gust of gloomy wind rose from the ground. If it was not stopped in time, and if it was caused to bring evil rain to the top of his head, is there any help?”
Zhang Julu said impatiently, “Just say all this and you can leave.”
Zhang Bianguan suddenly looked up and asked with red eyes, “I’m actually talking about two things this time. First, a censor impeached my elder brother to embezzle fertile land, and the second brother cheated in the imperial examination. Others scolded you, the chief assistant, and I don’t care, and I don’t have the ability to get involved, but why do you do this in such a way! You can clearly control it, why should you swallow your anger even if… Even if the ending is the same, it doesn’t matter anything, but can’t you let my two brothers go more brilliantly!”
Zhang Julu said calmly: “Your second brother cheated in the imperial examination, which means that Yakui, who won the sixth place in the foreign country exam, has a bad origin. Although I didn’t instruct me back then, it was true. After all, the emperor was the chief examiner who was appointed by the emperor at that time.The official is my disciple Zhang Lu. With your second brother’s art-making skills, although it is not difficult to pass the provincial examination, it is no different to be a fool to win the Yakui. As for your elder brother’s embezzlement of fertile land…”