The Head of the Ming Dynasty Spared His Life

This situation was also seen by the scholars and common people in Nanjing, and various rumors arose.

"Old Yan Ge, wasn't he sent to Guizhou to suppress the rebellion by the emperor in a hurry? Why didn't you leave in Nanjing?"

"Hey, don't mention this Yan Song. I have long said that he is a treacherous minister who harms the country and the people!"

"I'm also very disappointed with Mr. Yan Ge. When I accompanied the emperor on his southern tour, I had a good feeling for him."

"This time, Yan Song's face as a treacherous minister has been fully exposed."

Nanjing, Beijing, the ruling and opposition parties, the common people, and scholars have a lot of discussions, but most of them have negative views on Yan Song, and fewer and fewer people speak for Yan Song.

The situation in Guizhou is getting worse and worse, An Bangyan's rebellion is getting bigger and bigger, the front line is tense, and even the whole Guizhou is in danger of falling.

These rumors and rumors, even the letter of praise and urging sent from the court, could not impress Yan Song.

He is still the same, traveling around the mountains and rivers every day.

A few more days passed in a blink of an eye, and it was the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.

The fifteenth day of the first lunar month is the Lantern Festival.Unlike the custom of putting up lanterns during the Lantern Festival in the north, Nanjing has a unique custom called "Shangyuan Lantern Festival", which is located on the Qinhuai 687 River in Shili, also known as "Qinhuai Lantern Festival".

As for the Qinhuai Lantern Festival, it has a very long history, dating back to the Three Kingdoms period.Later, in the Eastern Jin Dynasty and the Song Dynasty, there were countless celebrities who left countless poems and poems to record this prosperous age.

But the most lively one is the Ming Dynasty.

After Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, established his capital in Nanjing, he advocated the Lantern Festival as a grand event, and extended the lantern lighting time of the Lantern Festival every year to ten nights, making it the longest Lantern Festival in Chinese history.The Qinhuai Lantern Festival reached its climax during this period. Zhu Yuanzhang spent a lot of manpower, material and financial resources every year to make a considerable number of lanterns to attract people to participate in the large-scale Lantern Festival.

On the Lantern Festival in the fifth year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty (1372), Zhu Yuanzhang even ingeniously ordered ten thousand water lanterns to be set off on the Qinhuai River.Zhu Yuanzhang was also a master at making lantern riddles, which promoted the development of more colorful content of the Lantern Festival.

At the beginning of the seventh year of Yongle (1409) in the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Di, the founder of the Ming Dynasty, "give all officials a ten-day holiday for the Shangyuan Festival", and continued to decorate with lanterns and festoons to create a festive atmosphere.Three years later, it was ordered that outside the Meridian Gate of the Nanjing Imperial Palace, skilled craftsmen gathered energy to organize a lantern festival, carefully make Aoshan "Long Live" lanterns, and have fun with the people.This will be the case every year.

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After the mid-Ming Dynasty, Nanjing had become the largest city in the world at that time. Scrolls such as "The Scenery of the Fanhui in the Southern Capital" vividly depict the lively scenes of Aoshan with dazzling fireworks and the people watching the performance.The Lantern Festival described in "Zhengde Jiangning County Chronicle" in the late Ming Dynasty is even more prosperous and dizzying.

Since the Ming Dynasty, the lights along the Qinhuai River have been unparalleled in the world, and the varieties of Qinhuai lights have gradually grown to as many as two to three hundred.

Yan Song took Shakespeare, Hai Rui, Qi Jiguang, Lu Quan, etc. to stroll along the bustling Qinhuai River, admiring the dazzling fireworks of Aoshan Mountain.

Yan Song was very interested, and pointed: "Look, it's really bustling there."

At this time of the Lantern Festival, the banks of the Qinhuai River are decorated with lanterns and festoons, singing and dancing carnivals, creating a joyful, peaceful, prosperous and lively festival scene.The dazzling Aoshan Mountain with fireworks, the radiant lights along the Qinhuai River, the sound of oars and lights, the romantic singing and dancing, the bustling and grand occasion is dizzying.

On the side, Liu Yong, the left servant of the Nanjing Ministry of Rites who was accompanying him, said with a smile: "Of course. My Lantern Festival in Nanjing has attracted literati, poets, celebrities and talented scholars from all ages to stay and sing endlessly... There are too many to enumerate. This Even better, every year during the Lantern Festival Lantern Festival, in addition to watching the dazzling fireworks in Aoshan and watching the light boats, there is also a reserved grand finale, which guarantees the attention of the world and is extremely exciting.`!"

It is said that there are also six ministers in Nanjing, but most of them were against Yan Song in the political struggle in Beijing, and were kicked by Yan Song to Nanjing.They have a deep hatred with Yan Song, and Yan Song is not doing anything against the governors of the five provinces at this time, so he has a bad reputation and no one is willing to accompany him.So Liu Yong, the left servant of the Ministry of Rites, was launched to accompany Yan Song.The old men of the six books of history had already slipped away, went home for the Lantern Festival, and at the same time scolded Yan Song behind their backs.

Yan Song was very interested, so he yelled: "Say it, say it! What's the grand finale reserved?"

Then Liu Yong said in a low voice: "Say it, I'm always interested in keeping the Yan Pavilion. It's my Qinhuai River's annual competition for the best oiran."

"Oiran?"

Yan Song's eyes lit up, and he looked lewd: "This topic is always interesting to me, hurry up and talk about it!"

On the side, Hai Rui snorted coldly, extremely dissatisfied.

Yan Song turned a deaf ear and continued to ask Liu Yong.

Liu Yong smiled: "Mr. Yan Ge, you are not authentic. If you say that others don't know what the oiran does, the lower official may believe it, but Mr. Yan Ge, you have brought all the oirans of the Qinhuai River over the years to your home. , Chen Yuanyuan, Bian Yujing, Li Xiangjun, and Liu Rushi, the four oirans are monopolized by one person! It has already caused countless literati and scholars in Jiangnan to grit their teeth at you, envy and hate you. You actually said that you don't know how to choose an oiran?"

He had an expression of extreme contempt for Yan Song, and his eyes were killing and pretending to be a dog.

Yan Song couldn't help laughing, very proud.

"However, the more oirans there are, the better." Yan Song smiled and said: "Besides, there are talents from generation to generation in the country, each leading the way for several years. The old man in this pavilion is under ten thousand, let alone occupying four oirans, even if he occupies more A few oirans, so what?"

He lowered his voice and said, "Then tell me, there are those famous Qinhuai flowers competing for the Lantern Festival oiran tonight?"

Liu Yong was also a flatterer, and said with a grin, "Mr. Yan Ge, you are asking the right person. Because I, the left servant of the Ministry of Rites, have nothing to do all day, so I feel like a pain in the ass. General Counsel. Haha, I am clear about this, just ask me."

Yan Song was speechless for a while: "Your dignified Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Rites in Nanjing actually went to a beauty pageant and was also appointed as the general counsel? How idle are you?"

Liu Yong looked bitter, and said with a wry smile: "Mr. Yan Ge, it's not like you don't know. Originally, the Ministry of Rites is the one with the most free time among the six departments. What's more, our Nanjing Ministry of Rites is just a backup tire of the Beijing Ministry of Rites. We don't have any errands at all. I just read the mansion newspaper, drank tea, and waited for lunch and dinner. It’s really a place for the elderly. I’m only 34 years old. If I don’t find something to do for myself, I’m going to get sick from boredom. So I contacted all the people on the Qinhuai River Brothel Chu Pavilion, in a semi-official name, organized the Qinhuai Oiran beauty pageant for several years. Unexpectedly, the results are getting better every year. It has become the most authoritative oiran beauty pageant on the Qinhuai River and even in the entire Jiangnan."

Yan Song looked Liu Yong up and down, and suddenly realized that this Nima is a talent!

At first, he didn't pay much attention to Liu Yong who was good at currying favors, but when he heard what Liu Yong said, Yan Song suddenly discovered that Liu Yong had a lot of things in his mind when it comes to beauty pageants in this era.

Isn't this the beauty pageant for future generations?

Beautiful women represent eyeballs, and eyeballs represent economic value.

The left servant of the Ministry of Rites is a bit interesting!

".〃Hmph!" Hai Rui sneered from the side: "The majestic Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Rites in Nanjing organized an oiran beauty pageant. It's a huge scandal when it gets out. You, Liu Yong, are ashamed, and my Ming officials are even more shameless!"

Liu Yong was not ashamed to hear Hai Qingtian (Wang Qianhao)'s fierce criticism, and said with a smile: "I, the left servant of the Ministry of Rites, was originally a donated official by chance. Besides, I don't want to be like you, Hai Qingtian. Use your fame to live forever, just want to do something you like."