Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 195 The Prosperous World on the Eve of the Great War

Although the flames of war have spread to Henan, Jiangnan in spring is still very peaceful. The incident between Xia Wanchun and Xu Zhaohua is just like the east wind wrinkling a pool of spring water in Jiangnan, making the dull and depressed folk bloom again.

This is the entertainment that still existed before the Great War. Just like the scandals of later generations of celebrities are always more likely to be popular than current political news. In the prosperous age, everyone in the world lives for fun, so why bother with the word survival.

Shang Jinglan came to Xu's house early the next morning. According to the usual practice, the two sisters meet to enjoy the spring together at this time. There are many gardens and beautiful scenery in the south of the Yangtze River, and the mood is naturally good. When the mood is good, it is natural Just can't hide things.

Shang Jinglan pulled Shang Jinghui and said, "Come with me, I have something very important to tell you!"

"Sister, please say yes." Shang Jinghui nodded, and followed Shang Jinglan to a pavilion to sit down. Although the agricultural production was reduced under the influence of the Little Ice River climate, the Jiangnan area was affected by Zhu Youjian's currency reform and After being stimulated by the tax-free policy, coupled with the fact that there is no burden of water transportation and no need to supply the needs of Northern Zhili, the people in Jiangnan are now richer.

Rao is a noble lady like a merchant sister, although she is only on a spring outing, she still has dozens of servants, and she is dressed gorgeously. Although she has been married for a long time, she is still beautiful, like a peony in a prosperous age.

Shang Jinglan took off the shrimp beard bracelet and casually put it in the courtyard, then asked in a low voice: "Do you know that someone has taken a fancy to your Zhaohua!"

Shang Jinghui couldn't help being stunned, his face was redder than the gemstone pendant beside his ear, and he couldn't help being a little angry: "Who is so frivolous! My Zhaohua has never dared to take a step out of the boudoir, how can that person take a fancy to my family?" Zhaohua, isn't this intentionally damaging my family's Zhaohua's reputation!"

Although Shang Jinghui is also a well-known talented woman in history, she used to be naive enough to compare her poetry to men, but now, as a mother, she naturally thinks that her daughter's reputation will be damaged because of this, so she is different from other people. Be curious first.

Shang Jinglan couldn't help clapping Shang Jinghui's hand: "Look at what you said, the one who fell in love with Zhaohua was none other than Xia Wanchun, the champion of the new discipline. He and his sister Xia Shuji came to my house in the old days, and I guess we had some time with Zhaohua at that time." But you don’t know, that Xia family kid proposed to the imperial court!”

Hearing what Shang Jinglan said, Shang Jinghui turned his anger into joy, his frowning crescent eyebrows stretched out, and he smiled: "Sister, why didn't you say earlier, since it's him, this matter is a beautiful thing, but right now The empress has just issued a decree to call Zhaohua into the palace to raise him and teach him etiquette, if not, my sister would not be a little annoyed at the beginning, after all, if the empress knew about it, she would think it was Zhaohua who behaved wildly."

"I'm afraid it's because of this that the empress summoned you. Now your family, Xu Xianqing, has just won the second place, and your future son-in-law is also the No. [-] scholar. Isn't that the second son-in-law of the father-in-law? Blessed be my sister!"

Shang Jinglan started giggling when she said this, Shang Jinghui was happy but also said angrily: "My sister is talking nonsense, she hasn't even written off her horoscope yet, besides, my brother-in-law is already a servant of the court, and officials inside and outside the court are all I have to ask him, the God of Wealth!"

"He's not a God of Wealth, he's just a mediator. The real God of Wealth is Yang Mingshen. Since the opening of the Daming Central Bank, wealth has flowed into their Yang family like water. Now many gentry and rich families are I regret that I didn’t get on the train of His Majesty’s establishment of new money! At the beginning of the year, in order to win the king’s heart, the Yang family insisted on spending 50 taels of silver to purchase a batch of warships from Hong Fangui to support the imperial court’s construction of the navy. It’s not small, it has discouraged many wealthy businessmen.”

As the wife of the Minister of the Household Department, Shang Jinglan naturally knew some court secrets, and this often became an important topic of conversation between the two sisters.

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In the middle of the night, Shang Jinghui was already lying on the bed and was thinking about whether to invite Xia Shuji to his house to inquire about his younger brother's situation, when he saw his husband Xu Xianqing came back.

The husband and wife have always been harmonious and deeply affectionate, so when Xu Xianqing came back, Shang Jinghui regained his former girlish nature, sat up quickly, and unbuttoned his clothes: "My husband wants to enjoy the pleasure of Dunlun. Or should I wait for my concubine to tell you something important?"

Xu Xianqing hurriedly took off his shoes, got drunk, got on the bed, sat cross-legged and looked at Shang Jinghui, "Let me tell you something important first, and then we will have fun in London!"

"Husband, do you want to say that the Xia family boy likes my Zhaohua?" Shang Jinghui took off Xu Xianqing's coat, and his graceful figure crawled on Xu Xianqing's bony back.

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Xia Wanchun didn't know that his admiration for Xu Zhaohua had blown into ordinary people's homes like a spring breeze.

Even with news of the war not arriving in Jiangnan, Guangming Daily had no choice but to take advantage of this to increase sales, and published a piece of news on the front page: Shocked!The number one scholar has always liked her!

In an instant, the city was full of wind and rain, and everyone in the south of the Yangtze River knew about it.

In addition, Xia Wanchun's relationship with Lianzhong Sanyuan became a hot topic of discussion among scholars and people all over the world. Now this incident has ignited the enthusiasm of all Jiangnan people to participate in the hot spots of the times at any time to a new height.

Other government-run or private-run newspapers and periodicals that sprung up after the appearance of Guangming Daily also published this news one after another. In an era where there is no so-called right of reputation and privacy, it is natural to madly human flesh and publish about Xia Wanchun and Xu Zhaohua. Information for six-year-olds.

In a blink of an eye, because of Xia Wanchun, Xu Zhaohua became the most famous woman in Jiangnan, and because of Xia Wanchun and Xu Zhaohua, Daming also had CP fans. These two people have made a good story, and they can get happiness as well.

Any era needs beautiful stories to place people's hopes on, and the Daming Jiangnan area under Zhu Youjian's rule is naturally the same, especially on the eve of the tragic ending that is likely to be invaded by Hulu and trampled by iron hoofs in the future, people I still hope that the love between Xia Wanchun and Xu Zhaohua is an auspicious sign that the empire is about to overcome the tragedy of the barbarians going south, and it is a good start. The so-called eve of going to hell is actually the dawn before the rebirth of the empire.

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The Xu family has a girl who has just grown up and is raised in a deep boudoir.

Xu Zhaohua walked into the Forbidden City with a ring of brocades. She didn't know that she was already well-known throughout the south of the Yangtze River. In the end, Shang Jinghui didn't tell her that there was a boy who had a crush on her. At this time, she was the only one who was kept in the dark.

Only the officers and soldiers of the guards who were independent under the red wall made her, who was still a cardamom girl, feel a little bit of spring in her heart.

Wearing armor, standing upright, holding a steel gun, in her world, this may be a scenery that she cannot see in pavilions and pavilions.

And when she met Queen Zhou and received a letter from Queen Zhou, perhaps she would begin to realize that the young man outside the palace wall and herself inside the palace wall intersected.

　In fact, I wrote about Xia Wanchun and Xu Zhaohua, and brought out a group of Jiangnan officials and gentry, because I wanted to show how interesting Daming would be at this time without the Qing army going south. Beautiful things can only be cherished when they are about to be lost. I changed the way of expression, and I didn’t let the text of fighting for hegemony just be fighting for hegemony. It always feels empty, so I always like to intersperse various or Bloody or warm plots, there are both Pingsha Luoge and Iron Pipa.But maybe my writing skills are not enough, so many readers don't get to the point, but I believe that some book friends should see the charm of it.Keep writing, Henan is about to be lost, and the people of Ming Dynasty will soon lose their interest in paying attention to the stories of gifted scholars and beautiful ladies.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)