Women's clothing in the Ming Dynasty

Xingwang Mansion, the former study room.

Zhu Houcong listened absent-mindedly to Yuan Zonggao's lecture above, and his thoughts drifted away.

Looking at the young prince below, Yuan Zonggao sighed helplessly.He is 67 years old this year, looking back on his life, he can't help feeling a lot.At that time, he was young and successful. During the Chenghua period, he and his younger brother Yuan Zongkui passed the Juren examination at the same time. At that time, the world praised them as "the two phoenixes in Jingnan".Afterwards, he studied hard for several years, and successfully passed the second-class Jinshi exam, which can be said to be in the limelight.

As a result, before he had time to show his fists, the court ordered him to follow King Xing to Anlu Mansion as the chief historian.It is reasonable to say that he should be happy to become a fifth-rank official within a few years of entering the court, but everyone knows that as long as the so-called chief history of the palace, as long as he is appointed, it means that he will follow the vassal for the rest of his life and fail to get ahead.Yuan Zonggao was so full of ambitions that it was difficult to show them off, so he couldn't help being depressed for a while, but fortunately, King Xing respected him very much, and he was very elegant, so the two of them got along well these years.

Now that King Xing passed away, he entrusted his son to himself before he left, so he should try his best to teach him.But the character of the prince... Yuan Zonggao walked up to him and tapped the table with his hand.

Zhu Houcong was awakened and even apologized to the teacher.

"Nothing." Yuan Zonggao shook his head, "Can you tell me what the old man was thinking just now?"

Zhu Houcong was silent for a moment, and said, "Mr. Yuan, do you think King Ning's rebellion will succeed?"

Yuan Zonggao was slightly taken aback, "This old man has never thought about it, but in any case, nothing will happen to Xingwang's mansion, please rest assured, my son."

What Zhu Houcong said was none other than King Ning Zhu Chenhao. If it was true according to seniority, I should call him uncle.As early as the second year of Zhengde, Zhu Chenhao successively bribed the eunuch Liu Jin and others to restore the abolished guards, randomly killed local civil and military officials and innocent people in confinement, seized tens of thousands of land and property from officials and people, robbed merchants, and harbored thieves. , Conspiring to raise troops.

Later, he tried to adopt his son to Zhengde, so as to reap the benefits of being a fisherman.For being so blatant, of course he was pushed back by the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty. Not only that, but he was also severely punished once.

At the beginning of this year, after returning from his western tour, Emperor Zhengde proposed to go to the south of the Yangtze River to play and travel around the world.Of course, the ministers disagreed with such a waste of money and money, so in order to dissuade the southern tour, a large petition was aroused by courtiers.

As a result, Ning Wang Zhu Chenhao, who had been waiting for an opportunity, killed Jiangxi governor Sun Sui and Jiangxi deputy envoy Xu Kui a few days ago on the pretext of Zhengde's lewdness and immorality.

To be reasonable, everyone was not surprised when King Ning rebelled. When they heard the news, everyone's reaction was "ah, it's finally here". After all, this old guy basically wrote the words "I want to be emperor" on his face. up.

As for what Yuan Zonggao said, it was exactly what these vassal kings were thinking, anyway, it was his old Zhu's business, no one could be emperor without their food and drink, and most of them didn't bother to care about it.

Zhu Houcong rubbed his eyebrows irritably: "Of course I know, and I don't think those two idiots of King Ning can ascend to the throne, but if they fight for three to five years, the emperor's temperament will definitely want to be conquered by the emperor himself. I don't know when my father's posthumous title will be finalized, nor when I will be buried in the ground for peace."

Yuan Zonggao was also helpless, and could only comfort him: "The mausoleum has almost been repaired, even if the emperor does not approve, the Ministry of Rites will help to urge, my son, please be safe and don't be impatient."

Zhu Houcong clenched his fist desperately. As the eldest son of the royal family, he doesn't even have the right to bury his father.Before I knew it, a seed had been planted in my heart.

……

The atmosphere here is dull, but Li Chengfeng's life is very pleasant.

Now he is basically open mouth in the mansion, with Miaoqing sitting here, Liu Li and Widow Zheng don't come to harass him often, and he is very comfortable every day.No, Miaoqing came to deliver food again.I saw her holding a small plain white bowl with a neat row of pastries inside.

Li Chengfeng stretched his neck and asked casually, "What are you eating today?"

Miao Qing smiled and said: "White jade lotus seed cake, there will be a bowl of plain noodles in a while, without a drop of meat oil in it, don't worry, I won't disturb your cleaning."

Li Chengfeng: "..." Well, if there is anything wrong with it, it is the point of being a vegetarian every day.For the past two days, he gnawed vegetable leaves every day until his face turned green. In addition, he had not recovered from an old illness before, so he obviously felt that he could not keep up with his nutrition, so he suddenly felt dizzy when he stood up.

Every time I just want to ask for some meat, I see Xiao Miaoqing's star eyes shining with admiration, so I can only comfort myself, do a full set of acting, and I will be gone in two days... I will be gone in two days... …

But, I'm really hungry!The body of fourteen or fifteen years old is exactly when a half-child eats a poor old man. At night, he is so hungry that he can't sleep.

Finally, Li Chengfeng couldn't bear it anymore, he found an excuse to dismiss Miaoqing, and asked the female Taoist priest in Qingjiang temple to secretly go to the kitchen to buy a chicken, he wanted to eat roast chicken! !

As a result, Li Chengfeng and the old hen with flapping wings looked at each other in blank dismay.

The female crown said cautiously: "Now the prince requires the whole house to be vegetarian, and he doesn't dare to violate the rules in the kitchen. It's the only way. Do you...do you want more?"

"Yes! Why not!" Li Chengfeng's face was grim, I just want to eat meat today!No one can stop me!

After sending away the female Taoist priest, Li Chengfeng began to think about how to cook the chicken.There is no shortage of tools, such as Danfang salt knives.At this time, the breeze blows, and the lotus by the pond sways gently, bringing a burst of fragrance. Li Chengfeng has an idea, why not be a beggar!

He has always been very mobile, so he did what he said. He secretly picked up two lotus leaves, slaughtered the hen, boiled water to remove the hair, then smeared salt on the inside and outside, wrapped it with lotus leaves, wrapped it in mud, and dug a hen. Hole open to bake.

The Qingjiang Temple where Li Chengfeng is located is in the westernmost part of the mansion. This place is sparsely populated. The original owner chose the largest and most remote corner because he was worried that his identity would be exposed, so he was not worried that there would be too much noise to attract people.

About two hours later, Li Chengfeng dug the roasted chicken out of the pit, knocked the soil on the surface, and a strong fragrance came to his face.

"Although the appearance is not very good, it still looks delicious." He nodded, very satisfied with the result.

Just as he was about to start eating, he suddenly heard a rustling voice from the nearby bamboo grove, "Who! Come out!" Li Chengfeng asked sharply, guessing in his heart that it was sneaky at this time, probably either Liu Li or Widow Zheng's Man, I don't think I can eat this meal.

While crying in his heart, he suddenly saw two balls of...meat rolling out of the bamboo forest?

Well, there are two chubby boys, a boy and a girl. They are exquisitely dressed and well-dressed. One of the little girls stood up and kept blaming the little boy next to her: "It's all you! How could it be possible if you didn't pull me?" be found!"

The little boy squinted his mouth aggrieved, and said quite aggrieved: "I didn't do it on purpose. If you were found running around, my parents would call me again." Not to mention his chubby figure, he also has two natural red eyes. The face looks like a carp doll in a New Year painting.

The two continued to quarrel, when they heard two soft coughs of "cough cough" from their heads.Looking up, Li Chengfeng was looking at them with a smile on his face.

The little girl hurriedly straightened her messy little hair with her hands, straightened her back and said, "Are you the Taoist priest who cured my third sister?"

Hearing what she said, Li Chengfeng knew in his mind that this was the fourth lady in the palace, so he hurriedly bowed to him: "Poverty Jinghua, trivial things are not worth mentioning, this place is remote, there are many mosquitoes, four Miss, let's go back to the inner courtyard." That gesture was one of aloof and proud, independent of the world—if one ignores the big roast chicken behind him.

Obviously, Miss Fourth, who witnessed the whole process, would not let him go easily, and said directly, "Aren't you a Taoist priest? Why do you still eat meat?"

Li Chengfeng looked at the two little beans, turned his mind a few times, and explained: "Although the poor eat meat and fish, the benevolence and morality in their hearts will not change. This chicken is here. If everyone doesn't eat it, how can you raise it?" Rooster people will suffer losses. Our Taoism emphasizes being humane and immeasurable. It is natural to think of people, and then animals. Of course, if both can be taken care of, it will be the best of both worlds, but Pindao has not yet practiced Taoism. That level."

The two children were already a little confused: "What...how far?"

Li Chengfeng said indifferently: "Have the two young friends ever read "Zhuangzi"?"

Fourth Miss shook her head, the little boy hesitated for a moment, and said in shame: "I only read a little bit."

"The God and Man of Miaogushe Mountain in "Zhuangzi" is like this. He absorbs wind and drinks dew, does not eat five grains, and does not even drink water. This is the real way! Otherwise, all things have spirits, even if they are vegetarians. Isn't it also harming living beings? So there is no need to be hypocritical." Li Chengfeng said lightly.

Looking back at the two children, they both had the look of "I don't know what you are talking about, but you are amazing!".

Li Chengfeng was still worried, fearing that they would leak the truth, he simply seduced: "You two friends, do you want to have dinner with the poor?"

The little fat man looked at each other in blank dismay, but in the end he couldn't resist the temptation of the delicious food, and nodded shyly.

The author has something to say: about ancient filial piety

I found a lot of information, and it said that in ancient times, filial piety was observed for seven periods, that is, nearly three years.During these three years, she was not allowed to get married or wear bright red clothes, but she did not say that she had to be a vegetarian during the period.Basically, it is said that one must be vegetarian when attending a funeral.If there is something wrong, it should be considered private.

There is also the observance of filial piety for the emperor. When the new emperor ascends the throne, there is definitely no need to observe filial piety for three years. Most of the time for observing filial piety is 49 days or three months, depending on the emperor himself.

In addition, the lotus leaf yellow mud I bought online today finally arrived, and I made a beggar's chicken myself.It may be because of the oven I use, it feels... the taste is similar to the ordinary roast chicken sold outside, and I am a little disappointed.