reborn monarch

Recently, two anecdotal incidents occurred in the capital, and the common people paid close attention to them and discussed them very lively.

The first strange thing is that this year's imperial examination has a female number one scholar, and she was named a female inspector by His Majesty, which is related to the blank emotional life of Emperor Qiyuan's monk, which is enough for the common people to use their imagination enthusiastically.Many people don't want to believe that a mere woman's talent and learning can be higher than that of a man, and they prefer to think that Emperor Qiyuan has something to do with Liu Ying long ago, and they use the imperial examination to praise people.

The hustle and bustle of the imperial examinations has not yet passed, and within two days there was news that the female number one scholar was kicked out of the house by her father. The girl number one scholar wrote to His Majesty, asking to sever ties with the Liu family.It is appalling for a woman to cut ties with her own family.The father of the No. [-] scholar, a minor official from the Ministry of Punishment also made a confession on the spot, and wanted to expel this corrupt daughter from the family.

The female number one scholar Liu Ying retorted on the spot, scolding her father for admiring a noble wife and marrying a noble wife, spoiling his concubine and destroying his wife as soon as the family lost power, the concubine was in charge of the inner government, the mother had typhoid fever, the concubine refused to ask for medicine, minor illnesses turned into serious illnesses, depression And finally.Everyone in the Liu family owed her a life, and there was a nest of snakes and rats. How could they have the face to say the words "corrupt the family style" to her!

The little official was shocked and angry when his daughter revealed his secrets in the backyard in front of all the officials, and he fainted on the Fengtian Hall.

It is said that Emperor Qi Yuan didn't like what this little official did, so he granted Liu Ying's request and sentenced her to leave Liu's mansion and become an independent family.

Now that things have happened, the common people who originally had a lot of opinions about a woman winning the championship can't help but admire Liu Ying a little bit.

As a result, one wave was flattened, and another wave rose again. Before this female number one scholar left the capital, as an inspector, she actually ran to Yaoxian Pavilion to redeem Lan Zhi, the leader of Yaoxian Pavilion, and took her on the road together.

The whole city was in an uproar.

It is said that the people in the capital are well-informed, and there are many people with good things to do. They asked around, and combined with the previous situation, they really found out some old things.

It turned out that Liu Ying's mother was the distant niece of Feng Weixiang, governor of Zhejiang Province. Feng Weixiang took care of him.Unexpectedly, once Feng Weixiang fell from power, after all, he was only a distant relative in seniority and was not implicated, but this little official liked the new and disliked the old, and used excuses to vent his anger, even sitting back and watching his wife die of serious illness.

And this Lan Zhi is said to be the youngest daughter of Ge Xiang, whose family was ransacked by the Nine Princes. Lan Zhi was sold to Liu Lane, Flower Street, and exiled into Yaoxian Pavilion.

As for how the two women met, the common people speculated a lot, but they couldn't figure it out.

When it comes to Huajie and Liuxiang, there is a second miracle.

Wen Xiang wanted to marry his son, and fell in love with the third lady of Jiang Shangshu's family. After returning home, he slept directly in the Wuhua Building opposite Yaoxian Pavilion, which made Wen Xiang half dead.

The Jiang family's face was hurt. At the regular flower viewing party of the rich and powerful ladies in Beijing, the third lady was ridiculed, and even said on the spot that she didn't like Wen Chongde in the first place, and she thanked Jiuyuan for not marrying.

As soon as the words came out, the people who had sympathized with her changed their tone, especially those with daughters, they all laughed at her for being overconfident.

There are princes and grandsons everywhere in the capital, although these people don't have the turn of the matchmakers in the market, but they have their own ranking in the hearts of the matchmakers.The person in the dream of the daughter of the capital's boudoir, ranked first, is naturally the current emperor, the handsome and immortal Emperor Qi Yuan.This ranked second is General Tanhua Xie Jiuyuan.The third-ranked Mei Ziqi, Mrs. Mei, has wives and concubines, but she is good-looking, elegant and coquettish, which has aroused many secret hatreds.

So Jiang Shangshu also had a big headache, regretting that he didn't betroth his daughter early, let's not say that Xie's house does not allow matchmakers to come to the door, it is Xie Jiuyuan's intention, he is a favorite student of Wenxiang, he is crazy to go with No. 1 of the imperial party In-laws?But Jiang Luofu was making a fuss at home, and he really couldn't advance or retreat. If he said it out, if he couldn't marry Xie Jiuyuan, he wouldn't be able to talk about any good marriage, so Jiang Shangshu had to go to Xie's mansion to test it out with a cheeky face.

He entered the door with his front foot, and the news that Jiang Shangshu entered Xie's mansion with his back foot spread throughout the capital.

Therefore, when Xie Jiuyuan entered the imperial study with Xie Shishi's family letter, he met Emperor Qiyuan's eyes that seemed to be smiling but not smiling.

Gu Zhen took the pen away, threw the pen lightly into the azure-glazed brush washer, and asked with a smile, "Master, I heard that someone came to say goodbye?"

Xie Jiuyuan showed a terrified expression in cooperation, and said: "Jiang Shangshu just came to chat with me. I frankly said that I have entered Buddhism and has no intention of marrying a wife. I hope Your Majesty will see clearly."

Hearing his serious nonsense, Gu Zhen was amused, "When did you enter Buddhism, why don't I know?"

"Didn't you say you will become a Buddha with one thought?" Xie Jiuyuan joked, and showed Gu Zhen the letter, "Qianxi is really short of salt."

Xie Shishi has been in office for more than a month, and a letter from home is densely written. Except for greetings, the whole letter is like a job report.

The terrain in western Guizhou is special, rainfall will seep into the ground, and the surface cannot store water. Most of the Miao villages can only rely on building water cellars to store rainwater. |People often cause conflicts because of competing for less clean water.

There is not much water, and you have to be very frugal in washing and cooking. Xie Shishi is a magistrate, so he will visit him naturally. The letter mentioned that the old rice eaten by the people is still mixed with sand, and the letter paper here is still a little uneven. It seems that I have cried and shed tears.

He also mentioned that there is a lack of salt throughout Guizhou Province, and the price of salt is more than ten times higher than that in the capital. Mouth has blisters.

Xie Shishi said that he has organized old people and guards who are proficient in watching water to find the location of the underground river, dig a few wells first, and then slowly figure out the rest. As for the price of salt, he can't think of anything other than going up If you have any idea, write to Xie Jiuyuan for advice.And because of these things, the basic education that was supposed to be implemented as soon as possible had to be postponed. He was uneasy, and he didn't want to complain blindly in the memorial, so he asked Xie Jiuyuan to explain clearly to His Majesty.

"It's hard for him." After reading it, Gu Zhen sighed to Xie Jiuyuan, "I've read the records of foreign countries they brought back from overseas in the past few days. It's a problem where the water is. The waterworks in foreign countries are now Shencheng and Licheng. There are also foreign businessmen applying for construction, cost is one issue, and management is another issue, or should we choose a pilot site first?"

After careful consideration, Xie Jiuyuan replied: "The epidemic in Yun Province in the previous life was caused by drinking water. It should not be ignored. It is better to send people to foreign countries to learn Buddhist scriptures. There are precedents before, and it is always easier to improve."

Gu Zhen nodded slightly, and said, "Alright, let them bring back some histories of foreign countries that they asked someone to translate by the way."

Xie Jiuyuan turned to talk about the price of salt, and asked, "Then the price of salt in Guizhou Province?"

"It's time too." Gu Zhen took out a memorial and handed it to Xie Jiuyuan, "Yesterday, Liu Xunsan's secret letter arrived, saying that a large number of private salts appeared in Huai'an, but she doesn't matter much after all, I wanted to press it for a while Who would have thought that someone would give you a pillow when you fell asleep, Feng Pei, the magistrate of Yunba County, accepted bribes from the prefect of Huai’an, and allowed the salt merchants to sell illegal salt.”

After scanning the memorial, Xie Jiuyuan immediately understood that this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and said happily: "I didn't expect someone to resist me, and the opportunity finally came."

Gu Zhen also breathed a sigh of relief, and said with a smile: "It's a coincidence, the Wenfu is still in chaos, and my tricks in the back house just work well."

Gu Zhen repeated the old saying, Xie Jiuyuan was taken aback, and laughed out loud.

The next day, Wen Chongde received the news from the palace, came out from the Wuhua Building, and brought a young man back to Wen's mansion with a hug.

"Give me a sigh!"

Wen Jinli's angry shout was full of anger, Wen Chongde lazily knelt down, Wen Jinli's anger increased a bit, and he ordered his servants to drag the young man out, put him in the court and beat him with a heavy stick, Unconsciously screaming, Wen Chongde seemed indifferent, as if he didn't hear it.

Seeing Wen Chongde's indifference, Wen Jinli felt relieved a little, and ordered: "Tomorrow, I will take you to the official secretary's house to propose marriage. I have already discussed with Mr. Luo, and you will give me the money when the time comes." Be respectful, don't be so shameless! Throw me down in Wenfu!"

"No." Wen Chongde didn't even move his eyelids.

Wen Jinli held his breath in his throat and cursed angrily: "Say it again!"

Wen Chongde looked at Wen Jinli, with a sarcasm smile on his face, and said leisurely, "No."

Paused, as if admiring Wen Jin's complexion that turned into a pig's liver, he continued: "Father, I have changed my taste, and now I can't treat women. I am not as energetic as my father. He is old and raises children outside. I'm destined to have no offspring, but fortunately, you still have a seed, why don't you choose a good day, first confess your marriage with a drop of blood, take him back to the mansion, and start a family for you Branches and leaves."

"Unfilial, unfilial son!"

Wen Jinli shook his hands and finally uttered a curse, and passed out in the hall.

Wen's mansion went up and down for a while, but Wen Chongde found someone to carry the young man who had been beaten to death, and went back to Wuhualou, as if he came here specially to stun his father.

After Wen Jinli woke up, he sent people to send all the things in Wen Chongde's courtyard to Wuhualou, threatening to sever ties with this unfilial son, and never return to the gate of Wen Chongde's mansion unless Wen Chongde changed his ways and returned to righteousness!

Letting go, Wen Jinli waited for half a month, and when the news that Wen Chongde bought a new house with a lot of money, and also bought a theater troupe to play songs every night, he almost got angry again.

Three or five days later, the people in Beijing heard new gossip again, and a small sedan chair was carried into Wenfu from the main entrance. Inside were Mrs. Ru, a newcomer to Wenfu, and the nine-year-old young master.

Because the matter of Wen Chongde's cutting off his sleeve caused a lot of trouble, if Wen Jinli married a new concubine in order to beg for a child, there would be nothing to talk about, but this kind of concubine who had obviously been kept outside for a long time , or carried in through the main entrance, that means replacing Wen Chongde with this son born outside, which is really contrary to etiquette.

The common people are just talking about it, the literati are called verbal critics, and the censor used this to refer to Wen Jinli for misconduct, Wen Jinli hurriedly apologized from the book, and his words seemed to be a heartbroken man. Father, but it was too late.

Wen Chongde took the first step. It was said that he was unwell and vomiting blood. The doctor found out that he was poisoned. The doctor could not identify the type of poison, but he judged that someone had poisoned Wen Chongde for many years. Medicine suppresses the onset of toxicity and cannot be cured. I am afraid that Wen Chongde will not live well for a few years.

As soon as the diagnosis was spread, the whole city was shocked. Although Wen Chongde was not a good person, he was a man in his prime, but his life was not long. Who wouldn't regret it?The key point is that Wen Chongde has always lived in Wenfu. Someone poisoned him for a long time. It was not because of Wen Jinli's instigation. For a while, Wen Jinli's reputation was in jeopardy.

At this time, Emperor Qiyuan threw out the papers of the prefect of Huai'an, and the most influential case during the Great Chu Dynasty, the case of private salt in Huai'an, was exposed to all officials.

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*I'm sorry that something happened last night~