There were no female relatives in Fusong's courtyard, so Zhang Tingzhan went directly to the palace.
Fusong was sorting out letters to Zhang Ying and Miss Zhang in the study. When he heard the noise, he got up and went out to greet them.
"congratulations……"
Zhang Tingzhan was all smiles when he saw him coming out.
Fusong laughed and said, "It's just that I have taken advantage of Master Jiu and Mr. Lao."
Although Zhang Tingzhan did not know the inside story, he also knew the emperor's actions. Even if he had preferences for his ministers, he would not "love the house and the bird" when rewarding merit.
He said: "Brother is too humble."
Fusong said: "What is said outside is ridiculous. It is mostly conjecture. It is just a small amount of merit. The emperor saw the relationship between me, Jiu Ye and the old man, and gave me grace."
Zhang Tingzhan said: "You still have to make contributions in front of you before you can do anything now."
The two went directly into the study to talk.
When the boy brought the tea, Fusong took out the two boxes of ginseng and said: "I was just about to write a letter to the boss to mention the emperor's favor. By the way, I also have these two boxes of ginseng for the boss and his wife."
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Zhang Tingzhan said: "Nowadays, not only in the capital, but also in the south of the Yangtze River, eating ginseng has become popular. Good ginseng is hard to find, and the price has increased several times compared to twenty years ago."
Fu Song said: "No matter how expensive the money is, as long as it is useful, it will not be a loss."
To put it bluntly, a living Grand Bachelor is different from a dead Grand Bachelor.
Zhang Tingzhan is currently the Minister of Taichang Temple, also known as the "Little Jiuqing". He still has more than ten years of seniority before becoming the Great Jiuqing.
If they can't survive it, the Zhang family will go downhill.
It is easy to talk about farming and studying, and a high-ranking official will become prominent; it is easy to say that it will fall, and there will be no successors for one generation or two, and it will be lost to everyone.
Just like Zhang Tingzhan's maternal family, the Yao family, it was also a family of ministers. So what now?
The best among the descendants are county magistrates and minor officials, while the bad ones are still passing the provincial examination.
In the early years, the Yao family married their daughters into the Zhang family. Now they are still married to the Zhang family, but it is the Zhang family who is raising the issue of the Yao family.
With Zhang Ying here, even if he is not in court, some connections are still there.
But if Zhang Ying died, it would be a different situation.
Fusong has been on duty for three years and has some experience. He knows that Zhang Tingzhan has been delayed in the past few years. Now it is natural to be promoted to the third rank. But if the third rank wants to be promoted to the second rank, there will be no chance in three to five years.
Although his father-in-law was Zhang Ying, Fusong was still closest to his elder brother-in-law because he first met Zhang Tingzhan, and he often considered things from Zhang Tingzhan's point of view.
Zhang Tingzhan never thought of these twists and turns. He just thought it was Fusong's filial piety, and he was very pleased and said: "Brother, I took the trouble."
He is good-looking and well-behaved. He is such a good candidate for a sister-in-law, but his second brother doesn't think about it. He doesn't like this sister-in-law just because his parents rejected the Yao family's marriage. It's really selfish and cold-hearted.
Fusong took the two letters again and said: "One is for the old man and the old lady to say hello, and the other... is for the fourth girl..."
Now we are thousands of miles apart, but we have already started exchanging letters, not that frequently, not that few, almost one letter a month.
Miss Zhang Si is well-read and Fusong is also a book-lover.
Most of the letters exchanged between the two talked about one-third of the situation between themselves and their families, one-third about the books they had recently read and their income, and one-third wrote replies based on the other party's previous letter.
Hongyan sent letters, but in order not to arouse criticism, Fusong's letters were sent back to Tongcheng through Zhang Tingzhan along with Zhang Tingzhan's letters home.
The fourth girl's reply was just like this. It was sent to Zhang Tingzhan, with Zhang Tingzhan acting as a messenger.
Zhang Tingzhan also came here when he was a boy. Seeing the children coming and going, he was only happy for his sister.
His eldest son is older than Fusong, and he looks at Fusong as if he were a junior.
Now that he has come, Fusong will leave some food.
It's just that the dining room here is not fully equipped. On weekdays, meals are served in the dining room of the Prince's Mansion, and it was the same today.
Because he had a guest, Fusong asked the boy to get two taels of silver and went to Gulou Street to buy some braised food. He brought back the four dishes brought by the Prince's Mansion and put together a table.
Zhang Tingzhan said: "Reading thousands of books is not as good as traveling thousands of miles. There is no time for errands here in the Prince's Mansion. You have no other errands at hand. Do you want to go to Tongcheng next year?"
When the weather warms up, we will go out and stay there for ten and a half days before returning to Beijing with the Zhang family.
Fusong's face turned a little red after hearing this.
When it comes to going out, there is no one in Beijing who doesn’t want to go out.
Growing up, the farthest place he had ever been was Tianjin.
He poured Zhang Tingzhan a glass of wine and said, "Is this...convenient?"
Zhang Tingzhan said: "Why is it inconvenient? We can just go and see the scenery of Tongcheng..."
It's not that the Zhang family wants to show off their son-in-law, but the Zhang family's housework is also difficult to describe.
The third son-in-law of the Zhang family was a failed scholar. He was selected as a scholar when he was a teenager. However, he had not passed the provincial examination after twenty years of examination, and his family became increasingly poor.
When Zhang Ying returned home, she felt sorry for her daughter, so she left her a small building in her retirement home to live in, so that her third daughter's family would not be left without food.
It happened that the third son-in-law was a child of the Yao family, with great ambition and talent. He was studying in the south of the Yangtze River and was away for most of the year.
Zhang Tingzhan also had some selfish motives for inviting Fu Song, because he wanted his family to compare the two sons-in-law.
The third brother-in-law lacks responsibility, which is the biggest mistake for a man.
Even the old farmers who farm the land know how to support their wives and children. When it comes to the third brother-in-law, having a career in front of him becomes the biggest excuse to leave his wife and children in his hometown and ignore them.
Unfortunately, the situation of the Yao family and the Zhang family were reversed. It was difficult for the Zhang family to talk about their son-in-law. Otherwise, in the eyes of the villagers, the Zhang family would become ungrateful and dislike the poor and love the rich.
Furthermore, Tongcheng has a strong literary style. There are many men from scholarly families who do not care about anything other than their careers and rely entirely on their wives to make a living.
This is why the third aunt of the Zhang family, the daughter of a bachelor, still has to think about firewood, rice, oil and salt every day, and weaves cloth in exchange for money.
Zhang Tingzhan did not want his younger brothers and nephews to be like Zhang Tingyu, thinking that the daughters of the Zhang family should be like the ladies of the Tongcheng family, working hard to support their husbands and build their careers.
Fusong is a good example of a son-in-law, and he also lets the in-laws in Tongcheng see if their son-in-law is worthy of proposing marriage to the Zhang family.
Fusong listened to his heartbeat and said, "Then I'll ask my family first..."
Zhang Tingzhan said: "That's what it should be..."
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When Brother Ninth returned home, he brought Shu Shu the latest news from the palace.
"I just realized that this time Khan Amma went to Changchun Garden with the Empress Dowager, and the concubines in the harem were only brought with him..."
Brother Jiu Age said, he was very curious and said: "As for the Poria cocos powder incident, has the result been found out? The foreman, Ama Rang, provided the Qian palace according to the concubine's position, and did not say anything. That was to comfort and comfort him.
Concubine, give me the title of concubine?"
Chengqian Palace only houses the concubine and a few regular guests, so the concubine is qualified to be the head of the palace and should live in the main palace.
However, because of the different meanings of the Qian palace, when He and his concubines moved the palace, they specified it as the back palace. When there was good luck later, they moved to the main palace.
The meaning at that time was that as long as the birth went smoothly, both men and women would be crowned concubines.
Shu Shu shook her head and said: "You won't be crowned a concubine alone, right? There are three princes on Wang Guiren's side. If you have merit in giving birth to a son, you will be promoted..."
Either both of them will be banned, or neither of them will be banned.
Otherwise, it would be unfair and not Kangxi's style for the harem.
Brother Jiu said: "That's just comfort? That's too boring..."
What's the point of just saying a few words and offering two plates of food?
If someone dares to harm Shu Shu, Brother Jiu thinks he can skin him and save his family.
Shu Shu said: "It's considerate to only bring one person."
The ninth elder brother said: "Fortunately, Mr. Wang has favor, otherwise the nineteenth elder brother may not be able to keep it."
Kangxi was so special to his concubines, it was like an old house on fire.
However, there are also Concubine Min and Guiren Wang, so they are not considered the only favorites, so they are not so conspicuous.
Shu Shu was also a little unsure.
In the early years, there were few princes and sons were more valuable. Who knows what will happen now?
*
Changchun Garden, Guanlan Pavilion.
He concubine's face was pale, but her expression was gentle. She looked at Kangxi with gentle eyes.
She was originally a bit plump, but now she looks no better than the paper figure. Although she has been in confinement for more than a month, she has not yet recovered.
Kangxi was so distressed that he pointed out the window and said: "I asked people to transplant the Guanyin bamboo, and there will be more children."
He Concubine thought about the dozens of bamboos outside, her eyes were red and she said, "I thank the Emperor for your kindness..."
Guanlan Pavilion is the closest to Qingxi Bookstore. In the past two years, I and my concubine have mostly stayed here.
Kangxi truly loved his concubine, but he never thought of letting her adopt a prince.
He Concubine is young and has never raised a child himself. How could he let He Concubine take care of the prince?
He concubine's nanny mentioned that he could adopt a concubine in the future, but He concubine had no such idea, and she never revealed this intention in front of Kangxi.
She was so sensible that Kangxi found her even more adorable and pitiful.
Thinking about Poria cocos powder, I traced it to the end and pointed to De Fei.
Kangxi was extremely angry, not because of Concubine De, but because she was instigating the blame again and again.
This is similar to what happened to Hongsheng's carriage in the first month of the year. There is a hidden hand stirring up trouble.
But Kangxi suspected many people without any evidence.
As Brother Jiu said, if something happens to a concubine, there will be too many suspects.
Looking at He Concubine's young appearance, Kangxi felt a bit sad.
Is he really old?
I was ignored and fooled...
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The next update will be at around 13:00 on October 8th