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That night, when Zhang Tingyu was called into the palace in the mansion, he was not in a hurry because he hadn't slept at all.

The emperor returned to Beijing today, and he was not idle on the way from the city gate to the palace gate. He summoned Prince Yi, who was staying in Beijing, to pick him up. He also ordered the prince to enter the carriage and drive into the Forbidden City. After these days, have any major events happened in Beijing?

It can be said that no time is spared.

Zhang Tingyu obeyed the imperial decree of the emperor's diligence, and he also became angry.

Because of the emperor's trust, he was appointed as a confidential minister, and he participated in many important departments in the court, such as the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Households, and the Kuai Kao Mansion. Everyone said that although this dynasty does not have the name of a prime minister, Zhang Tingyu actually has a prime minister. fact.

Even the emperor bestowed a great favor during the Chinese New Year this year: allow him to enjoy the Taimiao in the future!

It is no exaggeration to say that Zhang Tingyu was hit by a meteorite from the sky at that time. It was not so much a surprise as seeing a visitor from outside the sky.

He deserves to enjoy the Taimiao, he is a Hanchen!Before him, there was no Han official in this dynasty who deserved to enjoy the Taimiao!

And looking at the annals of history, starting from the Taimiao, there are only more than [-] meritorious officials who can enjoy the Taimiao. It is really the best reward an emperor can give: it is not only official wealth, but also famous in history.

So Zhang Tingyu had no other thoughts, just work hard.For the sake of the distinction between the ruler and his subjects, he has to be even more diligent.

If he didn't bow down and put in all his effort, he would feel sorry for Taimiao himself.

On the contrary, the emperor often advised Zhang Tingyu to rest.In the words of the emperor: "Reviewing official documents in carriages and sedan chairs is really harmful to eyesight. The Qing family must not do this."

However, there are many memorials. Zhang Tingyu and others, as the front-line staff who screened the emperor's papers, not only ensured that the important and useful papers were screened out as soon as possible and handed over to the emperor for approval, but also that they screened out the papers and put them in the second batch of papers. Leaving out what needs to be dealt with urgently can be said to be heavy and urgent work.

The commute to and from get off work took up too much time, and it was a pity to waste Zhang Tingyu's time.

So I still review the official documents on the sedan chair, and if I win the ministry, I will send it down directly, or hand it up, so as to be a first-class transfer station.

Sure enough, his eyesight has declined. After Zhang Tingyu went to the Imperial Hospital for treatment, he received two dioramas from the emperor and a house. Since commuting to and from work takes a long time, I will give you a house so that you can live closer , so as not to damage the eyes when writing papers on the road in the future.

Zhang Tingyu felt that there was nothing to repay, and continued to devote himself to work with extreme enthusiasm.

At this time, he was writing under the lamp the entries of the colleagues he met that day, and the things he had done: This is his habit for many years. After the day is over, it doesn’t matter how late it is or how tired the body is, as long as it is not sick until this day If he couldn't get up, he would write a secret book at night, recording all the political affairs he saw that day, especially the words of the emperor's call.

People's memory will be biased, and it is always more reliable to fall on paper.

So when someone from the palace came to announce him, he was still working at his desk.

Looking at the watch, the emperor actually called urgently at night, presumably there was something important to do, so Zhang Tingyu immediately packed up and set off.

Madam was asking the cook to prepare sweet-scented osmanthus soup desserts, and she had just personally delivered a bowl for him to eat, when she heard that the palace was urgently summoned, and the master had already entered the palace with the inner eunuch.

His wife, Yao Shi, had no choice but to eat the sugar soup by herself. While eating, she said to the servant girl, "Master has been a servant in front of the imperial court since the first emperor, and I never saw such a day and night."

The servant girl didn't understand the outside world, so she just flattered: "It can be seen that the master is highly valued by the Long Live Lord!"

Yao himself ran out of snacks: okay, I heard that there are lunch boxes in Yuqian now, and all kinds of cold dishes and refreshments are also placed in the south study for the ministers who are free to work - at least you don't have to worry about him being hungry.

Zhang Tingyu was not hungry, he sat in the sedan chair and went through the half month that the emperor left Beijing in his mind.But this is just his habit, the emperor summoned him suddenly, probably not to inquire about his daily political affairs, otherwise he would be left to ask him carefully after returning to the palace in the afternoon today.

However, the emperor didn't call anyone else after meeting the Thirteenth Master, and went directly to pay his respects to the Queen Mother, presumably because he was satisfied with them and stopped asking them that day.

Then at this moment, he must have other things.The emperor's temperament is really anxious.

What is it for?Is there a military emergency?If so, Junggar?Qinghai?Tibetan Heshuo special department?Or Annan?

Thinking of Qinghai, Zhang Tingyu thought of Nian Gengyao, who was actually a jobless vagrant in Beijing with a vain official position.

In fact, Zhang Tingyu, like Nian Gengyao, was promoted by Lord Kangxi first.In the Kangxi Dynasty, he was an up-and-coming figure. Unlike Li Weitian Wenjing and others, he was not a courtier personally selected by the emperor.

So Zhang Tingyu often used Nian Gengyao to remind himself: to be a courtier who is humble, sensible, and dedicated to doing things.It is true that the emperor is the new king, but the emperor was a 35-year-old new king when he took the throne, not a five-year-old new king.

The first emperor was a broad-minded and quiet man, with a little understanding of everything, and he also paid great attention to balance.From the balance of power among the sons and the hustle and bustle of the princes seizing the throne, it can be seen that Emperor Kangxi's power is perfect.The sons and courtiers were intriguing, and the emperor watched them perform, and even stretched out his hands to instruct them to perform, balancing and playing more than making decisions.

But today is obviously different. His character is tough: he is more specialized when doing things, he doesn’t often play various balancing tricks, and he is better at making tricks with his strength. Two that is simply impossible.His actions directly said: Look, the grave is there, let me climb it.

Now the house is so close to the Forbidden City that Zhang Tingyu had already reached the gate of the palace after diverting his thoughts for a while.

In the palace, the courtiers can no longer sit in the sedan chair, but can only walk.

So Zhang Tingyu walked quickly to the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

It's just that no matter how fast he walks, no matter how close home is.It's not as close as Prince Yi who happens to be staying in the West Side Hall of Qianqing Palace tonight.

The emperor and Prince Yi had talked all the way back to the palace today, but they arrived at the Forbidden City before they finished talking.

The first thing the emperor did on his way back to the palace was to pay his respects to the empress dowager, and after hearing about the magnet, he was worried and went to Yonghe Palace, so he sent someone to spread the word that Prince Yi would stay in the palace at night.

Right now, Prince Yi became the first person to discuss the Gantt chart with the emperor.

After Prince Yi was called into the Hall of Mental Cultivation, he saw that the emperor was in high spirits, but he didn't look tired after going out when he first met in the afternoon, and seeing no one in the room, he couldn't help but joked in private: "I heard that the emperor is going to see the letter." The concubine has gone, and sure enough, her expression is quite different afterwards."

The emperor has always thought that the thirteenth brother is good everywhere, the only shortcoming is that he is too good without any shortcomings, and he is too cautious.

He always humbly accepts the preferential treatment he gave him, which seems a little too much.

So when the Thirteenth Lord got close and joked, the emperor was very tolerant, never reprimanded or said anything, and even praised him, pointing to him with a pen with a smile: "Come here, I will show you something, and you look different when you keep it." .”

The Minister of Finance and the Director of the Audit Bureau of the Qing Dynasty, Prince Yi, who handles a lot of things every day, after the emperor showed him the usefulness of the Gantt chart, he really took care of it immediately.

His eyes also brightened: "Although this picture is rough, it is very concise. Brother Emperor, if we turn all the affairs of the court into this kind of picture, as a daily record, I'm afraid it will be simpler than a full page of petty words. !"

The emperor nodded: "The maids and eunuchs in her palace are not very literate, and they are not very useful. When she is a concubine, she has to worry about everything. Before, her accounts were all pictograms, just because she was not very literate. The palace people can understand."

"The same is true for these rules, so that the maids can understand them and remind her to act when the time comes. So it is simple and clear, and it looks refreshing."

"On the contrary, we have been in the court for a long time. Both civil and military are people who are familiar with the cultural system. When writing in pen and ink, it seems vulgar without allusions, and many times it is cumbersome."

It would be nice to be really efficient in handling affairs, and there is no need to write a book with eloquence and exquisite diction.

After showing it to the thirteenth brother, the emperor ordered Su Peisheng to go forward and collect the pictures taken from the Yonghe Palace, and sit in front of the case by himself.

The Thirteenth Master saw that the emperor had spread a piece of paper the size of a table in front of the emperor, and had already marked the remaining months of this year and several major events in the court, so he said, "Brother Huang wants to draw another picture for Zhang Tingyu and others to see. ? That’s right, it’s not always easy for the courtiers to pass the pen and ink of the empress in the palace.”

While talking, he also found a pen to dip in the ink, and prepared to draw a chart with the emperor.Just now he has figured out the essence of this bar graph.

The emperor directly gave up the left half of the vertical axis for Prince Yi to start writing: "Write on it the old regulations you want to change this year, and I will choose the date here."

He sighed again: "It's fine as a loose-leaf booklet, but such a picture will be used in court in the future. If someone speaks gossip in front of the Queen's Empress, accusing her harem of interfering in the government, it will always be a crime."

The Thirteenth Lord also sighed with emotion: "It's a pity that the concubine Xin is not a courtier who is an official in the court, otherwise she might be Shen Kuo's first-class figure."

Jiang Heng was also worried at first, whether he would attract people's attention by accidentally throwing out some ideas that were not of the time.It wasn't until she started watching Shen Kuo's "Mengxi Bi Tan" that this thought naturally disappeared.

With a single talent, Shen Kuo pushed almost all science and technology forward in the Northern Song Dynasty.Even completely disparate disciplines have gone hand in hand - while developing high arithmetic progressions in mathematics, while studying musical scales and writing several music theory books; improving astronomical instruments to calculate calendars, and collecting medical prescriptions to write medical books.

He was even the first person in ancient times to name oil and try to refine it. Leaving aside the official career, he only said that in terms of scientific inventions, Shen Kuo is not just a hexagonal warrior, he is simply a hexagonal warrior .By the way, including the magnet Jiang Heng is using now, artificial magnetization is also one of Shen Kuo's small experiments.

When Jiang Heng watched "Mengxi Bi Tan", he worshiped it all.And the emperor is also very familiar with this set of books, owning a set of imperial collections: Because Shen Kuo is not only a scientific invention, but also insightful in water conservancy and economics, the Ministry of Households is still using its stable salt on the issue of salt administration. The law of banknotes.

A few days ago, the emperor asked his courtiers to write articles on border trade and economic development based on Shen Kuo's view of "money is beneficial to flow".

Jiang Heng knew long ago that never underestimate the wisdom of the ancients.Looking at the leopard in the tube, there was a Shen Kuo in the Northern Song Dynasty, and there are also other beetles in the history books of the long dynasties.It can be said that the history of the ancient rabbit is really shining with stars, shining forever.

In a self-sufficient economy dominated by farming, the industrious Gutu has never lagged behind others, and has even been a world leader in all aspects.

When Jiang Heng thought about his thoughts related to 'office efficiency', he felt that this was nothing more than that.

What modern education brings to people is a kind of breadth.

The emperor felt that she was naturally intelligent and seemed to know everything at once, but in fact it was thanks to the comprehensive and scientific nature of modern education.

The emperor finally named it "Military Plane Map".

After drawing it myself, I feel that this picture is more useful.I also realized more and more why Jiang Heng used many movable magnets to represent the progress. The most troublesome part of this picture is that the plan is usually flexible and changeable, and it is a waste of time to always paint and redraw.

The emperor arranged a new job for the building office: to make some iron screens of different sizes, and send thousands of magnet pieces of different colors to the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

By the time Zhang Tingyu and other courtiers gathered in the Hall of Mental Cultivation, the emperor had already finished drawing the first military aircraft map with Prince Yi.

Those present, with the lowest official positions, were all at the top level of a national department. After the emperor briefly explained a few sentences, they all quickly understood the purpose and main points of this military plan.

So they performed their duties, drew according to the important tasks of their departments, stayed up all night, and drew more than 50 military aircraft maps.

Such as the map of the time and duration of the governor of the DPRK and China; the year map of the increase in troops from the green battalion in each province;

The more you draw, the simpler and clearer you feel.

Zhang Tingyu looked at his own picture, feeling as satisfied as seeing his own child, and admired it for a while.Next to him, Ertai stopped writing and asked him, "Master Zhang, why is he so lazy?"

The two people's tempers are not very compatible. Although they are bound to work every day, they look at each other and hate each other.

However, after Zhang Tingyu was in a daze, Ertai was also in a daze at his own drawing, thinking that his drawing was so perfect, look at my perfect picture of the river channel work of the Ministry of Industry!You can know the progress of each province at a glance, and you can figure out what the main goals for the second half of the year are.

Zhang Tingyu said slowly: "Are you also in a daze?"

The Gantt chart is originally an artifact of overall management.Comparing to martial arts, everyone here is already a top master, and if you encounter a weapon that is in your hand, it will really kill the Quartet.

This kill, no, this busyness will be in vain in the east.

The excitement finally receded. Several people had red eye circles and were exhausted, but none of them could rest—they rested collectively, what should they do in the morning?How are the departments functioning today?

So they had to support their tired bodies after staying up all night, and arrange today's affairs first.

Fortunately, today was not a big court, so the emperor quickly ended the morning court, and then gave a few leave of absence from last night, and he had to catch up on sleep.

Looking at the new pajamas before going to bed, he asked Su Peisheng, "Did you send that pajamas?"

After receiving an affirmative answer from Su Peisheng, the emperor didn't have much energy to continue talking, and soon fell into a state of restorative sleep, feeling extraordinarily dark and sweet.

After waking up, I received two buttons from Yonghe Palace.

Besides, after Jiang Heng received the pajamas with missing buttons, he did have a penchant for being seen through for a while.But I still get used to it very quickly, it doesn't matter, as long as I feel normal, it's normal.

She even picked two of the beautiful buttons she had collected and sent them to the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

The emperor took out a round beeswax shiny red buckle, which seemed to be the first time she gave something to the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

And when the emperor returned to the study and saw the room full of pictures of military aircraft, he always wanted to give her some bulky things next to him.

So he first ordered the bookstore to print a set of "Mengxi Bi Tan" on white jade paper, which was the same as his own imperial study, and gave it to Jiang Heng.

Su Peisheng was not surprised to see a lot of the emperor sending books to the concubine of the Yonghe Palace.

But then, the emperor asked him to give something that almost dropped his jaw.

The emperor actually asked him to seal the key and file of the Thirteenth Treasury and send it to the Yonghe Palace. From then on, all the Western goods tributed by the Thirteenth March of Guangzhou will be taken by the concubine Xin.

Besides, when Concubine Qi heard that the emperor came back from other places, she went to Yonghe Palace that day, and her heart became more and more panicked.

Are there still few examples of mothers and concubines being favored in all dynasties, and sons being valued along with them?

The emperor hurriedly went to visit, but one day later, Concubine Qi heard another gossip: The emperor actually gave the key of the Thirteen Treasurys to Concubine Xin of Yonghe Palace in private.

Concubine Qi almost fainted.

In fact, the thirteen treasury changed hands, and from now on, the eunuchs of the first treasury will report to the Yonghe Palace. It is impossible to hide it from others. The emperor has already told the empress dowager about it in private.

The queen mother doesn't care, except for western perfumes and powders, the queen mother doesn't really like western objects, the large glass mirror can let her see her wrinkles clearly, she would rather have a well-polished bronze mirror with soft light effect, and the surrounding carved phoenixes and flowers are more elegant and dignified.

The Empress Dowager had also seen those Western items in the Thirteen Warehouse, and thought they were all toys. The Emperor gave them to Jiang Heng, and the Empress Dowager said, "That's fine, it will be good for children to play with in the future." Purely as a toy store.

The Queen Mother didn't care, so the Queen naturally closed her eyes.

She was even a little bit satisfied: Ever since Concubine Xin was pregnant, the third concubine's attitude towards her, the empress, had unconsciously become more respectful and careful.

The pressure they endured turned into a desire for protection from the superior.

The queen is undoubtedly the best candidate for them to rely on.

Originally, facing the queen without a prince, the third concubine was a little wary, for fear that the queen would value someone's son and take it away to keep her.But now, those who are as anxious as Concubine Qi are looking forward to the queen's quick action, taking my son away to raise him, and gaining the status of a queen's adopted son.

From a seller's market to a buyer's market, the queen is not in a hurry.

"The Qixi Festival has passed, but the emperor has not yet released the palace." Concubine Nian stood at the entrance of the main hall of Yikun Palace, looking up at a square sky in the Forbidden City.

The emperor didn't lift her confinement during Chinese New Year, and he didn't lift her confinement during Dragon Boat Festival. The blow to the concubine was not as great as the emperor's indifference during Qixi Festival.

The emperor once told her that he was willing to spend the Qixi Festival with her for the rest of his life.

The palace man next to him cautiously persuaded: "Your Majesty, don't be sad, the emperor is not in the palace on the Qixi Festival this year, and he came back after two days, so it's too late..." The voice of the palace man gradually weakened.

The look on Nian's concubine's face was not so much sad as a sneer, and her voice was so cold that it was frightening: "The emperor delayed the Qixi Festival again, but he did not delay the successive rewards to the concubine Xin, and even gave away the thirteen treasury go out."

It is thanks to Concubine Qi that the young concubine who is under confinement is so well-informed.

Concubine Qi paid out of her own pocket and bought a few little eunuchs and maids who delivered meals to Yikun Palace, and she didn't want them to do anything else, just want them to pass on the news in the palace (especially the news that Concubine Qi wanted Nian to know) Let Yikun Palace know.

The little eunuchs were also happy to accept this errand - even if the concubine Qi didn't give money, the concubine Nian would still ask them about their affairs outside.

This is exactly two sets of money, and it doesn't cost much to talk.

Concubine Qi sent news to Nian, especially to Yonghe Palace, just because she wanted to stimulate Concubine Nian to move, so that she could beg Emperor Nian to release her for the sake of old love and cause trouble for Concubine Xin.

Concubine Qi even had a dream, dreaming that Concubine Nian suddenly grew wings and flew out, and then made a great effort, and died with Concubine Xin directly. After that, her son became the prince painlessly, and she lived the life of a quasi-queen queen from then on .

Concubine Qi had a beautiful dream, but her dream was always hard to come true. She spent two months' money to send countless fresh and hot news to the concubine Nian, but the emperor just had no intention of letting the concubine Nian come out!

Besides, the emperor does not prohibit Yikun Palace from announcing imperial physicians, and the rules are still the standard concubines. There is no less Yikun Palace among the rewards given to concubines under the annual festival of the Hall of Mental Cultivation, so the Ministry of Internal Affairs does not dare to lessen Kun Palace.

And since the news of Xin's concubine's pregnancy reached Yikun Palace, Yikun Palace has already announced the imperial physician seven or eight times.

Concubine Nian really suffered from some illnesses, and now the Tai Hospital dare not help Yikun Palace lie, the pulse case is all true.

The news about the concubine's medication will of course be sent to the empress dowager, and the emperor must also know about it, but there is no movement.

For this reason, Concubine Qi even had the guts to mention Concubine Ti Nian directly when the Emperor came to Changchun Palace to visit her every month: "It is said that the Nian family sister is very pitiful, and only a handful of bones are left after suffering." Two tears fell: "Thinking about it, she also knew that she was wrong. The emperor is magnanimous, so I can forgive her."

However, the emperor seemed to have heard it, and raised his eyebrows and looked at her deeply.After that, he still didn't say a word, and got up and left after finishing his meal, without saying a word related to the concubine Nian.

Concubine Qi was suffocated: Your Majesty, what do you mean by this.If I directly order not to let Nian Shi go, I will give up. You, a big girl, don't nod or shake your head like getting on a sedan chair, which makes me very entangled!

Of course, what Concubine Qi didn't know was that these words of hers were not completely lost in the water. The emperor went out of the gate of Changchun Palace and asked Su Peisheng to find someone to keep an eye on Changchun Palace.

Concubine Qi's words aroused his curiosity, and he wanted to know why Concubine Qi suddenly mentioned Concubine Nian and spoke for Concubine Nian.

Concubine Nian and Concubine Qi were definitely not in harmony before.The emperor doesn't think that Concubine Qi has the kind of soft temper that repays grievances with kindness.It's not the empathy type that she herself said, "Everyone is sisters, and my concubine is sick, and I feel like a knife is piercing my heart."

If she wanted Concubine Nian to come out, if it wasn't for Concubine Nian's good, it might be for the bad of others!

After all, she is the biological mother of the prince, and the emperor will not accuse her of unwarranted charges, so Su Peisheng should keep an eye on Changchun Palace's actions.

Su Peisheng felt bitter about accepting this job.

Except for the Thirteenth Master, no one knows the Emperor's anger towards Brother Hongshi better than him.Every time Brother Hongshi was stupid, there would be a circle of black energy visible to the naked eye all over the emperor's body.

Su Peisheng was very reluctant to get in touch with the errands related to Concubine Qi's mother and son. He would definitely be angered by the emperor when he reported.

Eunuch Su missed the joy of giving rewards to the nobles. At that time, he went to give pomegranates for the first time. He didn't guess what the emperor wanted, and the emperor didn't get angry.

But the errands couldn't allow him to be picky, so he had to turn around and arrange people.That's why he wanted to take in Zhang Yuzhu, Chang Qing and other younger brothers - the first secretary next to the emperor didn't have clairvoyance and ears, and he needed someone to accurately inquire about the news.

Chang Qing had just received the task of staring at the Changchun Palace from Su Peisheng, and received another task ordered by the emperor himself while serving the meal on the same day.

Ever since Concubine Xin of Yonghe Palace became pregnant, the collective dining room in the harem set aside two stoves for the meals of Yonghe Palace.However, the emperor added another order on this day: all the vegetables, poultry and meat needed by the Yonghe Palace will be taken from the imperial dining room in front.

The emperor looked very indifferent, and said to Chang Qing: "There is no need to disturb anyone, just move the melons and vegetables in my order in private. You can handle this matter."

Chang Qing looked at the two completely different tasks in his hands.

Now that he has placed his bet on the Yonghe Palace, he must do these two errands well.