The first writer of Qing Dynasty

Nian Gengyao was waiting in Yinzhen's study room. At first he was a little restless, but since he had already planned to help Si Bei Le cover up, he quickly calmed down and looked at the books on Si Bei Le's bookshelf. Books on display.

This study room is all arranged by the butler, and there are no personal belongings for Sibeile. Sibeile will not bother to change the layout of such a temporary place.

Therefore, most of the books are listed openly and aboveboard, such as the words of the sages, and there are also some collections of poems by literati, mostly with familiar names. There was a slight snort.

Among them is the script of "Qingcheng"!

Nian Gengyao was well-informed and knew that Qingcheng was Babeile before, but he was not interested in reading the script, so he never thought of buying it on his own initiative.

On the bookshelf, there are alluring scripts, such as "The Queen of Shang" and "Gao's Parent's Wife", etc., which are all works that have been reviled by literati in Nian Gengyao's mind.

He was actually quite curious about what kind of words could have caused so many literati to scold behind their backs, yet caused a storm in the capital and were still being sought after by people.

Before Si Baylor came back, he could watch to pass the time.

So he picked up "Gao's Parents Daughter-in-law" and looked through it, because it was Babeile's latest script, and he was secretly surprised while reading it: "As expected of Babeile who only married one wife."

At the beginning, he was amazed: I am afraid that only the seeds of infatuation who have a deep love for his first wife and love each other can write such a story, right?

The heroine of the story is as her name suggests, shining like the morning sun. She is completely different from many noble ladies. She is intelligent, independent, and has her own ideals and pursuits. However, such a person is out of place under the restraint of the world's morals on women. People are isolated.

Nian Gengyao muttered, "No wonder he was scolded by those literati."

At the beginning, he also thought: women, shouldn't they be in the backyard to care for their husbands and children, to spread branches and leaves for their husbands, and only allow their husbands to marry a single wife without taking concubines. Isn't it jealous?

In today's world, which rich and powerful family is monogamous?

Nian Gengyao frowned slightly, sat quietly and thought deeply, and murmured: "It seems that there really are."

Nalan Mingzhu and Suo'etu, the two old enemies who fought to the death in the court, were both monogamous, and neither of them had the habit of taking concubines.

He went to read "The Queen of Shang" again, and saw the women trapped in a small world in the backyard of the palace, fighting each other, sisters, sisters, you and me, Nian Gengyao was unconsciously attracted by the charming writing.

If you associate the merchant girl who has just entered the palace with her own sister, it seems too much!

There is a natal family who is confident but not particularly prominent. She is intelligent but too pure and kind.

When a business woman first entered the abyss-like quagmire of the palace, she was like a lamb waiting to be slaughtered, innocent, helpless, and pitiful!

The description of the battle in the back house opened Nian Gengyao's eyes, and before he knew it, two hours had passed.

He opened his eyes wide and eagerly flipped through "Concubine Shang" quickly. The words seemed to have a different kind of magic power, leading him to immerse himself in the plot.

Because it is a story book, it is not difficult to read, Nian Gengyao almost read ten lines at a glance.

A smile appeared on Su Peisheng's lips when he saw him flipping through the pages intently.

"Master Nian, the story of Qingcheng was spread in the streets and alleys back then, haven't you heard of it before?"

Nian Gengyao didn't raise his head and said: "Before, I studied hard for the imperial examination. Except for talking about the words of saints with friends, I didn't pay attention to other things. I only heard about them, but never read them."

"So the intrigue in the palace is like this?" He sighed, thanking himself again for giving up the idea of ​​marriage.

With my little girl's simple mind and sheep-like temper, if she enters such a palace, she will probably be eaten to the bone!

Even if Sibeile is not yet the prince, sooner or later he will rise to that level in the future. At that time, there will be a group of warblers and swallows in the backyard, and sooner or later the fight will be as fierce as in "The Queen of Shang" .

I also want to know that it is a conflict of interest, because there are more monks than meat, and in order to compete for the favor of the prince, the women show their talents.

Nian Gengyao sighed, "From this point of view, it's better not to have too many concubines in the backyard. If there are too many concubines, the concubines and daughters will get together, and the backyard will be restless."

Thinking of this, his eyes sharpened, and he rubbed his chin and pondered: "Could it be that Babeile wrote this work to reflect that the emperor now has too many harems and too many princes, and sooner or later there will be civil strife?"

Su Peisheng was taken aback: "Master Nian! You can eat food indiscriminately, but you can't talk nonsense!"

Nian Gengyao shook his head, scrubbed his fingers with "Concubine of the Shang Dynasty", planning to buy a copy and send it back to the younger sister in the boudoir who has no contact with outsiders.

He thought about taking a look at the other story books written by Eighth Prince, and why not go to the bookstore to buy another set when the time comes.

"After reading Babeile's works, it changed my mind a lot," Nian Gengyao seldom heard rumors that people praised Babeile, but praised the prince, Zhijun Wang, Chengjun Wang and Sibeile more.

As for Babeile, he was either on the way to be punished by the emperor, or he wrote a new work, as if he had spent all his energy on writing the script.

Because Si Bei Le always worried about Ba Bei Le's affairs, the emperor reprimanded him and pampered him at the same time. In the impression of Nian Gengyao, who had never worked with Ba Bei Le, he should be a naughty image.

But after reading his words, one can know that he actually has something else in his stomach, and he is also a great talent!

They didn't talk for long, and as the appointed time got closer, there was a knocking sound outside the door and window, Su Peisheng hurriedly went to open the door, and welcomed Yinzhen dressed as a maid.

After Yinzhen came back, he explained the plan after the division of labor with Yinhu.

By the time everything was done, it was almost dusk.

Seeing Nian Gengyao spread out his script, Yinzhen raised his eyebrows and said, "Are you watching "The Queen of Shang"?"

Nian Gengyao said: "I was anxious waiting for Lord Belle to come back, and I was stuck in the study with nothing to do, so I used a storybook to relieve my boredom."

Yinzhen said: "I have also watched "The Queen of Shang". I have to say that my eighth brother's work has greatly improved my knowledge after reading it. Although there are more nonsense, the palace is not as intriguing as he said. , but it mirrors the officialdom and satirizes the reality, but it doesn’t have any meaningful charm.”

By the way, he also taught him some tricks that women use to compete for favor and seduce him, so that when a woman intends to seduce him, he keeps calm and remains indifferent.

A look of bewilderment appeared in Nian Gengyao's eyes: "Reflecting officialdom?!"

Yinzhen glanced at him, surprised and said: "With the talent of bright work, don't you see that there is something special about this?"

Nian Gengyao: "..."

Of course he could see that there was something wrong with it, but he and Sibeile didn't want to go together.

Nian Gengyao showed his loyalty, and sincerely told Yinzhen: "The humble job is just thinking, if the palace is really as intriguing as in the storybook, what kind of chaos will the harem be? Babeile wrote this, no wonder the emperor would be angry and ground him. "

Mentioning the fact that Yinhu was banned, Yinzhen rubbed his brows.

"Whether Khan Ama really wants to ground the eighth brother is not certain."

At least this southern tour made him confirm one thing.

The eighth brother can actually use his wisdom and talents on the right path, as long as Han Ama keeps an eye on him, if no one is watching, and there is no whip whipping behind him, with his playful nature, he will have to go on the crooked path of not doing business properly.

It's no wonder that Khan Ama wants to tie himself and the eighth brother together, and he is counting on him to pull the eighth brother back from the lost way!

With such a good talent, it would be a pity not to send him off to work.

"Forget it. If Liang Gong is interested in dialogue books, I have some book lists that I can recommend to you."

Seeing that it was getting dark, Yinzhen invited him to have a meal and chat while waiting for him because Nian Gengyao was still hungry.

"I didn't expect Sibei Le to understand the dialogue so deeply," Nian Gengyao said with a smile, and sat face to face with him, feeling like a confidant and a master.

On the way here, in order to protect Sibeile, he also slept with Sibeile, and his heart was open and aboveboard, but now his mood is different.

Nian Gengyao refused to sleep with Yinzhen, he had to take a while to calm himself down.

It is true that the glamorous woman after Sibei Le's disguise surprised him, but they were all fake, and Nian Gengyao could tell them clearly, so he would not admire a phantom-like illusion.

He just needs to ease the psychological gap from seeing Sibeile's women's clothing today, and he admires Sibeile even more in his heart, and deeply feels that he is a person capable of great things!

He also memorized the bibliography recommended to him by Sibei Le. Apart from the books written by the eighth elder brother in the name of Qingcheng, there is also Mr. Zhengzheng who is now at odds with Qingcheng!

It is precisely because Mr. Duanzheng wrote "Yun Niang" that the eighth elder brother wrote "Gao's Parents' Daughter" to argue with him!

After Nian Gengyao skimmed through "Yun Niang", the more he read it, the more he felt something was wrong.

The person who said a few days ago that a woman should be a husband and a child, watched the extremely aggrieved "Yun Niang", and was suffocated to the point of suffocation.

He still thought of his little sister.

The younger sister is approaching her age, maybe it won't be long before it's time to discuss marriage.

As an elder brother, his love for his younger sister lingers in his heart. He naturally hopes that his younger sister will have a good home and live happily ever after.

Originally he thought that the four beiles he respected would be a good home for his sister, but now he has changed his mind.

He also felt that, compared to Yun Niang, whom everyone praised, he hoped that his little sister could live like Chaoyang.

With such thoughts in mind, he also felt that it would be too naive for a younger sister to be raised in a deep boudoir, so Nian Gengyao sent someone to send home a book list, and asked people to purchase those scripts in the capital according to the book list for Nian Gengyao. Sister sent it.

The young girl who was far away in the capital smiled happily when she heard that her elder brother who was away on errands did not forget to bring her a gift, and saw that there were so many fresh scripts.

A door to a new world opens to the innocent little girl.

After she read Qingcheng's storybook, she met other boudoir girls when she went out to burn incense, and she was able to keep up with other people's topics when chatting, and she no longer shyly hid beside her mother like in the past.

She met friends who also love to read Qingcheng's storybooks, and joined their storybook gatherings.

This group of girls inspired by Qingcheng's thought is open-minded. They hug each other, encourage each other, and help each other.

They have a common ideal, that is to live a life like the sun!

Who said that a woman must be a man's vassal?

Who said that we are not as good as men, so we can't stand upright?

And who stipulated that we must have children, and that not being able to give birth is the original sin?

Among this group of girls, there are many talented women with both literary talents!

Nian Xiaomei became more lively after participating in activities with them. The mother at home didn't know what she was doing, but saw that she also made friends with officials' ladies, but she was not as well-behaved and quiet as before, and she was as fragile as a doll that could be broken at any time. Secretly happy in her heart, she indulged her in socializing with her friends.

Nian Xiaomei herself is also familiar with poetry and books, and can write poems. Her first poem asked why women have to bind their feet?

Although her family is under the banner of the Han army, her mother is a "big foot". When she was young, she was often looked down upon by neighbors in the neighborhood.

Her father and elder brother cherished her and could not bear her to suffer this crime, so even though she was a Han Chinese, footbinding was not practiced in the family.

But because of this, people outside said that their family was not upright, that she did not have feet bound, her boudoir reputation was not as good as that of Miss Li's next door, and she would not be able to marry a good family in the future.

Nian Xiaomei and the strong sisters in the capital participated in this debate about why women should bind their feet.

I don't know when, the direction of public opinion among the people has changed by itself!

The common people don't like foot binding either. The adult women in their family are laborers, so why not work with extra hands?For them, being able to eat enough to live is all they need, so naturally they don't understand why the ladies of the official family have to bind their feet.

I don't know when, folks also started talking about why women have to bind their feet?

A scholar said casually: "Foot binding, of course, is to marry a good man!"

An old man retorted: "It's nonsense, I don't want to marry a woman who is weak and supports the willows."

At this time, someone laughed at him: "Women with bound feet are known as the three-inch golden lotus, and they walk with style. Of course, poor people like you can't afford it, but businessmen and officials can afford it!"

The old man curled his lips: "To put it bluntly, rich people like to play, just to cater to the preferences of officials and gentlemen!"

"You are really vulgar. A girl with bound feet has a good reputation, and she is a good girl who has cultivated female virtues." The scholar waved his fan: "That's all, I'm arguing with you, a vulgar person, and you don't understand these things."

The old man spit on the ground, "Bah!"

"Returning your boudoir reputation? Judging a girl's character by looking at her feet, what's the point? Isn't it like being a bitch and setting up a memorial archway, so what's the point of saying it sounds so good."

The vulgar speech of the people in the market was disgusting, the scholar moved a few steps away and looked at the old man with disgust.

They are laughing at the old man's vulgarity, but they don't know that the speaker has no intention, but the listener has a heart, so the debate intensifies, and there are not a few people who think like the old man!

"But those girls who had their feet bound, weren't they also forced?"

"Their parents, elder brother, and the world are forcing them to submit. What's wrong with them?"

"They are wrong, what does it have to do with me? You have the ability to ask them if they are voluntary. A poor scholar, waving a fan and pretending to be a serious person, really thinks he is much nobler than me!"

……

Yinzhen finally persuaded Khan Ama to send him to Jiangnan to help the starlings. He passed the road in a carriage and went all the way to the layman.

Sitting in the carriage, he slapped his legs and laughed loudly as he listened to the growing rumors in the capital: "It would be great if the starling knew about him, and it would be great to have this miraculous effect. When I go to the south of the Yangtze River, I must tell the starling about the capital city." grand occasion!"