Back to the end of Ming Dynasty to be a warlord

Chapter 175
After the scholar's uproar ended, Nanjing entered the normal track again. All walks of life started to work in an orderly manner, government officials continued to work, and literati began to enter the brothel again to have fun.

It is a good time for the Nobile House to open at this time.

This time it was still unprecedentedly grand, not to mention the old show with the support of the four famous prostitutes in Nanjing, just the appearance of Chen Yuanyuan and Dong Xiaowan, two famous prostitutes, was enough to attract people's attention.

Last year, scholars made a fuss until February, and many people became popular.

Needless to say, the fourth son's reputation is unparalleled for a while, at least in Nanjing, he can already compete with the old clubs Donglin and Fushe in terms of reputation. But he picked it up with acquiescence.

If he hadn't secretly supported him at the beginning, the Fourth Young Master would not have had such courage, and there would not have been so many people supporting the Fourth Young Master.

But the Fourth Young Master finally managed to create a second society, and this year this society still maintains a kind of unity, even more closely than Donglin. If Qian Qianyi is not careful, he has cultivated a political opponent for himself. Can't help but make him depressed.

In addition to the four young masters, Li Xiangjun from Meixianglou was also popular, because everyone knew that the scholar's uproar came from Meixianglou. Sincerely, he scuffled with Jin Yiwei and injured Jin Yiwei. Afterwards, Jin Yiwei arrested people, scholars made noises about dignitaries, and the fourth son rose up.

Therefore, in Meixiang Building, Li Xiangjun can be regarded as the fuse of the scholar's uproar. In addition, Li Xiangjun has been on the side of the scholar since then, defying the power to provide a place for the scholar to have a night banquet, and helping the fourth son to become famous, etc., so that Li Xiangjun Nanjing No. .1 No one can shake the limelight of prostitutes.

But these people are not the most popular, Chen Yuanyuan and Dong Xiaowan are, and even Liu Rushi is more famous than Nanjing courtesans.

Because the cause of this incident is that Tian Wan chased Chen Yuanyuan and Dong Xiaowan from Suzhou to Nanjing, and then made a fuss, and Liu Rushi was the clue person in it. This story has now spread throughout the Qinhuai River. All the prostitutes and fairies know the context of the story.

That's why Chen Yuanyuan and Dong Xiaowan became more famous, and Li Xiangjun was the cause of the scholar's uproar, and these two were the direct cause.

Therefore, the portraits of Chen Yuanyuan and Dong Xiaowan were hung on the window lattice in front of Jinchai Building, and there was no need to publicize them. After the two were recognized by Suzhou scholars, the whole of Nanjing soon knew about them.

Many people have speculated whether Chen Yuanyuan and Dong Xiaowan will come to Jinchai Building to perform, because in the past when Jinchai Building hung Gu Mei's and Li Xiangjun's picture windows, it was when they performed, and now Chen Yuanyuan and Dong Xiaowan are hung. It doesn't mean that these two people will show up and perform in Jinchailou.

Ordinary scholars and literati can only guess, but people with real background and status have already got the program list of Jinchai Tower in their hands.

Send the program list, and then let the guests choose the day to watch it, and Jinchai Building will help arrange the seats. This is the operating model established last year. Of course, only a small number of high-end customers can enjoy this kind of treatment, either officials or noble children In short, there are no more than 100 such customers in Nanjing.

In the past, after the guests selected the time according to the program list, they sent their servants to inform the Jinchai Building, and the Jinchai Building could arrange the time and seats calmly, but this time the Jinchai Building was a little embarrassed, because when the program list was given to everyone The rich and powerful, civil servants and rich people all said that they would come to watch the Nobile House performance on the first day.

Although there are not many high-level customers, if they all come on the first day, they will not be able to get in line.

Civilian officials and dignitaries alone cannot be excluded, let alone wealthy businessmen.

In the end, we can only decide that all the seats on the first day will be occupied by dignitaries and civil servants. In this way, those businessmen who are used to lower social status can also be convinced, and they can come to watch the performance the next day, which is not considered a drop in price. .

The prosperity of Chen Yuanyuan and Dong Xiaowan was unexpected, so the business of Jinchailou reached a peak again.

Opened in mid-April, the customers are full, and all seats are full, and all the seats are filled with people with status and background.

Sitting on the eight chairs in the first row were sons of dukes like Xu Qingjun, and officials of the third rank and above like Yin Tianfu Yin.

In the second row are the children of the earl, and a large number of civil servants below the third rank.

Those sitting in the third row and the fourth row are civil servants of the seventh rank and below.

Hundreds of civil servants and dignitaries gathered in Jinchai Tower in Nanjing City. I dare not say whether this grand event will be unprecedented, but it is definitely unprecedented.

And the performance on the stage was even more exciting, accompanied by hundreds of girls, the first person to appear on the stage made everyone's eyes shine.

Dong Xiaowan was the first to appear.

Before the singing began, I thanked the scholars in Nanjing, especially the four sons, for their generous protection, which made them dare to see the sun again, otherwise they would only dare to hide, hide, and dare not see people forever.

Of course, Dong Xiaowan and Chen Yuanyuan will be on stage to sing, and they have already communicated with Erlishe beforehand. They asked Kang Hui to talk, and Huang Fengfu assisted in the completion. When the fourth son of Erlishe heard it, he readily agreed, expressing The two girls sang at the Jinchai Building, and they will definitely support it, and if there are any unscrupulous Jinyiwei, corrupt officials who make trouble, they Erlishe will bear it all.

With their guarantee, the two can boldly take the stage.

Sure enough, Dong Xiaowan's gratitude to the Fourth Young Master in front of the dignitaries and officials in Nanjing made the Fourth Young Master, who could only condescend to sit in the second row, proud and proud. It dissipated in an instant, and the fourth son stood up and returned the salute to Dong Xiaowan, saying that as long as it was out of justice, their fourth son would take care of it, and their Erli Society would take care of it, and they would do their part.

Only then did Dong Xiaowan sing the opening song, and after singing more than ten pieces in a row, she left the stage.

Then the four famous prostitutes took turns to perform, and they all sang songs, none of them acted.

The audience didn't care, it was even very strange that they were not interested in the performance of the four famous prostitutes, and hoped that they would step down as soon as possible, because everyone couldn't wait to see Chen Yuanyuan.

"Brother Yang, it's terrible."

Kang Hui stood at the end with Yang Chao, and couldn't stop dancing with excitement. This time was not like before, this time he did it all by himself, and Yang Chao didn't help in any way, except for an idea to let Kang Hui went to invite Chen and Dong, and asked Kang Hui to deceive the fourth young master to come forward. Besides, Yang Chao stayed in the barracks all the time, and he never even entered the gate of Jinchai Tower.

"Brother Kang, be safe and don't be impatient!"

Yang Chao shook his head and smiled, Kang Hui was too excited.

Kang Hui still couldn't help but said: "Do you know what everyone said? They said that Chen Yuanyuan and Dong Xiaowan were women who were going to be given to the emperor, and now they actually came to perform at the Jinchai Tower. You have to see it quickly. They are vying to come. Look at it, now our customers are all in line for ten days, there are hundreds of people every day, but there are only 1000 people."

Chen Yuanyuan and Dong Xiaowan were the ones who were going to be given to the emperor. This is true. Tian Wan has been plundering in the south of the Yangtze River under such a banner, so no one dared to stand up to stop him, but Chen Yuanyuan and Dong Xiaowan did not get it. There was such a commotion that all the scholars in Jiangnan took action.

Now that these two people suddenly appeared in Jinchai Tower singing and acting, who could not be excited, and who would not want to see these two people.

But Yang Chao was a little dissatisfied, and regretted to Kang, "They are not the women who are going to be given to the emperor, but the women the emperor has his eyes on."

Kang Hui was stunned: "How did Brother Yang know?"

That's right, how did Yang Chao know that Chen Yuanyuan and Dong Xiaowan were the women Emperor Chongzhen liked?
Yang Chao said with a smile: "Brother Kang, have you ever heard me say that the meaning of brand is not to let us be what we actually are, nor what we tell others to be, but to let others think we are, the impression we have in others' minds, It is our brand image. It is the same reason now, the key is not whether the emperor likes these two women, but if these two women are the women the emperor likes, they will be good to us."

Kang Hui was shocked, it turned out that Yang Chao didn't know at all, he was just talking nonsense.

"Brother Yang, what do you mean we're going to spread rumors?"

"wrong!"

Yang Chao shook his head.

"It's not for us to spread rumors, but to guide and guide everyone where to think. The real reason why Tian Wan pursues these two courtesans so hard may be to take the opportunity to make money, but if it is said that the emperor ordered him to find These two girls, don't they make sense?"

Kang Hui nodded, but still felt a little frightened by the rumors about the emperor.

Yang Chao said again: "So Tian Wan committed such a big thing later, the emperor dismissed the matter lightly, because it was not Tian Wan's fault, it was because the emperor valued these two people and asked Tian Wan to help pick them up."

Kang Hui said again: "Then why didn't the two girls go? It's a great blessing to be able to get the emperor's favor."

Yang Chao said with a smile: "That's wonderful. The two girls don't want to be rich, they would rather stay in the south of the Yangtze River freely. Isn't it more attractive and elegant?"

Kang Hui was puzzled: "Who would believe it?"

Yang Chao smiled and said, "I don't want to believe such a beautiful story, but I am willing to say it and spread it like this."

The more bizarre and unbelievable the story, the more people are willing to spread it, even if they don't believe it themselves, they just want to say it, just want to spread it that way, and as time goes on, it becomes confusing and confusing, no one knows the truth, and the illusion is used as the truth.

Therefore, "it has been passed on for a long time and it will become true."

Kang Hui swallowed after hearing this, thinking that it is really feasible. In that case, the fame of Chen Yuanyuan and Dong Xiaowan may overwhelm Li Xiangjun, and become the number one and second famous prostitute in Nanjing, but these two famous prostitutes will be there all year round. The Nobile House, isn't that developed?

In the past, there were no famous prostitute town buildings, but now there are two at once, and they are one of the best.

Kang Hui couldn't help admiring Yang Chao.

In fact, Yang Chao just changed the hype concept of the later generations, and it was only superficial. Compared with those professional hype companies, it was nothing but nothing, but it would be great in the Ming Dynasty. Hundreds of years of marketing experience, this experience in the Ming Dynasty was across the ages.

After talking, Chen Yuanyuan finally appeared on the stage.

Other famous courtesans don’t act in plays but only sing songs. Chen Yuanyuan played a play of The West Chamber as soon as she came up, playing Cui Yingying, who is good at it, and two maids, one pretending to be a matchmaker and the other pretending to be Zhang Sheng, sang a long play.

(End of this chapter)