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The peddler said to his son, "You watch the stall here, and I'll sell poems over there."

Before his son agreed, the peddler ran all the way until he reached the edge of Xuanwu Lake, shouting along the lake: "Long live God goes out to write poems, Long live God goes out to write poems. If you want to see it, come quickly, and you can get a piece of paper for [-] pennies." !"

Twenty Wen can buy several catties of rice.

But he didn't shout a few times, and some scholars waved: "Give me one!"

When the scholars got the emperor's poems, they immediately began to recite them, and then praised and commented.Onlookers, no matter they are educated or not, feel that the emperor is really good at writing poems.

The peddler felt that it was not easy to sell here, so he continued to run forward.

There is a painting boat by the lake, and it is picking up people on the shore. Hearing the shouts, he bought several more.

In less than an hour, the poems in the peddler's hands were sold out, making a net profit of nearly one tael of silver.And some people followed suit, copying poems and selling them in the city, and some shops actually bought them, and the shopkeeper copied them himself, asked the clerk to recite them aloud, and posted them at the door of the shop to attract customers.

There is even a daring shopkeeper of a restaurant, urging the owner to change the name of the restaurant.Immediately, craftsmen were asked to engrave a plaque, and the name of the restaurant was changed to "Chunfenglou", with poems hanging on both sides: The spring breeze is like a distinguished guest, and it will be prosperous as soon as it arrives.

The writer from Italy has learned Chinese and can barely read Chinese poetry.

After communicating with scholars of the Imperial Academy, he was even more amazed at the exquisiteness of this poem. Huisi wrote in his diary: "His Majesty the emperor of China is indeed a great poet. During the spring festival, the emperor took his ministers on an outing , wrote a wonderful poem out of feeling. I have already translated this poem into Latin. But please forgive me for my ignorance. My translated works are far from comparable to the original works of the emperor..."

"Poetry in Chinese characters has more changeable intentions. The same Chinese poem has countless ways of interpretation. Although European poetry also has this function, it is far from comparable to Chinese poetry. The emperor's poem has only twenty One word. The first level of understanding is the praise of spring. The second level of understanding is the elaboration of ambition. The third level of understanding contains political and historical meanings..."

"Praise be to His Majesty the Great Emperor of China, he is a true philosopher king. He is so rich in philosophy, he is so talented, his thoughts light up the night sky in the east, and will one day light up the night sky in the west ..."

Envoys from various countries began to collect Zhao Han's past poems and translate them into their own languages.

They even found "Legend of the Condor Heroes".

The internal energy in Li is not easy to translate literally, so it is simply transliterated as ki (qi) or the like.When translating, there is even a note stating that ki is the energy possessed by oriental warriors, which can be obtained through penance, but it is different from the way of penance in Europe and India.

Meridians, acupuncture points, moves, etc., are also scratching their heads when translating.

Moreover, the European envoys had to be careful not to make martial arts similar to magic and witchcraft, otherwise the pope would definitely be dissatisfied.

These translated versions of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" quickly became popular in Europe, Persia, and India because they bear the name of the Chinese emperor.No matter how you explain it, it is useless. Readers from all over the world who have read it are convinced that Chinese warriors have magical abilities.

Then, there will always be one or two Chinese supporting roles in literary works of various countries, especially dramas and dramas.

Those Chinese supporting characters, from the far east, are the downcast nobles of China.They have great strength and often help the protagonist to tide over difficulties at critical times.

Or, simply, the heroine is from China, engaged in a vigorous foreign romance - this kind of, inevitable imitation of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes".The hero is upright, resolute, and noble, similar to Guo Jing.The heroine is smart and good at martial arts, and assists the hero to do great things, similar to Huang Rong.

Even some nobles, because they are fans of Huang Rong, directly named their daughters "Fu Rong" when they named their daughters.

Because the translator has a note, Huang Rong is a yellow hibiscus.

Chapter 916 [Orchid's Belly Dance]

Today's Qinhuai River is different.

As the imperial court allowed prostitutes to practice freely, coupled with the perfect immigration system, many men and women engaged in the sex industry went north to start their new lives.Anyway, when I went to the north, no one knew about my past and could live like a normal person.

As far as Qinhuaihe is concerned, it will be strictly inspected once every two or three years to see which business is not in compliance with the rules and restricts women's personal freedom.

Coupled with the criticism of Tian Zheng, many bosses and courtesans were implicated.After the boss was exiled, other merchants took over and simply changed the brothel into a washhouse.

If you have to define Washe, it can be understood as a comprehensive commercial place.

There is a stage for performing talents and an area for selling goods.After watching the magic show here, you can go to the shopping area for consumption after walking a certain distance.

Washer, there are meat and vegetables.

The meat ones also run brothels, while the vegetarian ones are more formal.

The brothels on the Qinhuai River have been converted into cottages one after another, which is a manifestation of the prosperity of the citizen economy.There are more and more citizens with spare money, and the number of consumers continues to grow. Operating a comprehensive house can make more money than a pure brothel.

With the increase in the number of washrooms, merchants will inevitably roll up.

At the beginning, tickets are required, and you can only enter after paying money.

Gradually, a free admission model has emerged. You don't need to pay a penny, and you can just stroll around.The performance makes you enjoy watching, and you can tip it on the spot.Tired of watching the show, I went to the shopping area for a stroll. Even if I didn’t buy gold and silver jewelry, I could still buy three melons and two dates.

Zhao Han went out for an outing in the city and returned to the palace in the middle of the afternoon. Many ministers invited him to go to Washe together.

Zhang Tieniu, as the Duke of the country, is still so stingy.Instead of going to the high-end villas that require tickets, he dragged a few generals and friends into a free resistance place.

It was not evening yet, but Washe was already full of people.

There are even older girls and younger daughters-in-law who follow their families to the Washe for entertainment. Many children sit on the shoulders of adults, pointing to a certain stage and yelling excitedly.

Since Washer is relatively low-end, there are no audience seats around the stage, and everyone stands in place to watch the performance.

Zhang Tieniu happily stood in the crowd, performing acrobatics on the stage.I saw a man wielding a sword, playing with it, and then began to swallow the sword. The two-foot-long sword was thrust into his mouth suddenly, causing the audience to scream.

"it is good!"

Zhang Tieniu applauded and clapped his hands.

Fei Ruhe rolled his eyes. He was forced to come here. He was not interested in this kind of performance. He knew that the sword swallowing was a fake.

Suddenly a young man came and squeezed through the crowd holding a wooden sign: "Peanuts, melon seeds, cheese, pastries, sesame candies, honey water..."

"Here are some packets of peanuts." Zhang Tieniu shouted.

"okay!"

The boy left happily, and brought the peanuts after a while.

The fried peanuts are wrapped in straw paper, and the price is more expensive than outside.But the audience is enjoying themselves, and they don't care how much it costs. They eat snacks while watching the show, how comfortable and enjoyable they are.

Another peddler came over with a shelf. The so-called shelf is the straw tied on the top of the bamboo pole.All kinds of toys and snacks are inserted on the straw and sold exclusively to children.

"Windwheel (windmill), Dad, I want a windwheel." The child really couldn't stand the temptation, begging his father to buy something.

"Jewelry, jewelry!"

There are also hawkers selling jewelry, all of which are low-end goods, and the target group is women from ordinary families.

Women and children's money has always been the best money.

When these hawkers enter the market to sell things, they need to pay Wa She, usually on a monthly basis.

The fixed stalls in the shopping area are more expensive and the goods are more high-end.

As night fell, the lights were turned on, and the tourists in Washeri also reached their peak, and several places around the stage were immediately overwhelmed.

This kind of washhouse usually consists of several brothels, which are then merged by building walls and occupying a very large area.The original brothel building, of course, continues to operate, there are food and entertainment, and the consumption is higher than that of the open space outside.

After watching the performance for a while, Zhang Tieniu and others went to eat and drink together.

There is also a small stage inside, which is telling stories.

The generals ordered some food and wine, and while they were changing glasses, Wu Song finished talking about fighting the tiger.

Then a dwarf came out, and made all kinds of antics, which made the guests laugh.There are also reverse actors dressed as matchmakers, who come out to interact with the dwarves and tell some nasty jokes in the market.As we talked, we talked about interesting things overseas, and then led to the next Orchid performance.

The so-called orchids are actually Indian Brahmin women.

There have been wars in India for years, especially the insurgent Sivaji, who has occupied half of Bijapur's land.This guy likes to sell the captive pagan nobles as slaves to the Portuguese, and many Brahmin women are sold to China in this way.

Cheerful Indian dance music sounded, and "Orchid" wore exotic costumes, with her snow-white belly exposed.For the sake of retro, a lot of rotating movements have been added. The merchant said that this is the restoration of the Hu Xuanwu of the Tang Dynasty.

The audience can't figure it out, anyway, it's enough to dance well.

Especially the white belly, the belly button is still wearing a navel ring, how exciting it is to twist and turn, Chinese women are not so out of the ordinary.

"it is good!"

Interestingly, some guests started tipping and throwing money directly onto the stage.

Zhang Tieniu is almost 50 years old, and his whole body is hot from being hooked.He asked in a low voice, "Where did this kind of orchid come from?"

"It must be the Western Regions." Fei Ruhe said.

Yang Zhan had led troops in Guangnan Province for several years, so he was quite clear about this kind of thing, so he explained: "Some came from Persia, and some came from India. They were all slaves. They were shipped to Macao for bulk cargo, and then sold by traders to Inland. The orchid in front of me is of top-notch figure and appearance, and must have been trained for a few years, at least worth hundreds or thousands of taels of silver."

"So expensive?" Zhang Tieniu widened his eyes.

Jiang Dashan has been back to Nanjing for two or three years. He said with a smile: "Last year there was an orchid, who was sold to China at the age of nine and trained for several years. Not only can she speak fluently, but she is also proficient in all aspects of piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. Listen to those scholars say , even the poems and articles are decent. A wealthy businessman bought it, guess how much money it cost?"

"How much?" Fei Ruhe couldn't help asking.

Jiang Dashan gestured.

"800 taels?" Zhang Tieniu muttered, "It's not expensive either."

"8000 taels!" Jiang Dashan said.

Zhang Tieniu was speechless: "8000 taels? How many cattle is that worth?"

Yang Zhan said with a smile: "Grandpa Zhang, you don't understand this. There is no shortage of orchids in China, and there is no shortage of orchids who are good at poetry and painting. But they are beautiful and know everything, but they are rare. This Wealthy merchants bought them home, and ordinary people came to visit, so they asked Orchids to dance and sing; literati came to visit, and let Orchids write poems and lyrics. Think about it, how much face does that have? Merchants have no status, what they lack is face ?"

"That's true." Zhang Tieniu nodded again and again, looking at the dancing orchid, he wanted to buy an orchid too.

He had won many rewards for his military exploits.After winning the battle against Khalkha Mongolia and obtaining the right to operate a mine, there is really no shortage of money in hand.

Lao Zhang is going to be depraved too, and he just returned to Nanjing not long ago.

Fei Ruhe wondered in his heart whether he should also buy an orchid.Although he has no interest in orchids, he has to buy them for the sake of face, otherwise everyone else has them, but his family doesn't have them.

Zhang Tieniu pointed to Jiang Dashan: "Do you have an orchid in your family?"

Jiang Dashan smiled without saying a word.

"Hey, you're still hiding it, I didn't see you last time I went to your house!" Zhang Tieniu scolded with a smile.

These military generals were having fun in Washe, while Qian Qianyi and a group of civil servants were listening to music in the painting boat on Xuanwu Lake.

Qian Qianyi is already old, and he has no power to deal with female sex, and mainly communicates and discusses art.But today I'm not in a good mood, drinking in silence while listening to the music.

Others don't bother, knowing that he is unhappy.

As for the reason, I accidentally slapped the emperor's ass on the horse's leg, which misinterpreted the meaning of the emperor's poem.

Although Zhu Minghao is young, he is only 50 years old this year.But he and Zhang Pu are good friends, he was dragged into the Hanlin Academy by Zhang Pu to compile history, and he has a good friendship with Qian Qianyi, so he said in a low voice at this moment: "Master, Your Majesty has a broad mind, and will not be angry just because of a few words." .”

"It's not because of this." Qian Qianyi said.

Zhu Minghao said with a smile: "Your Majesty's mind, you and I both understand, and you can do things according to the holy will. Look at those officials who committed crimes, wealthy businessmen and powerful people, all of them were dispatched to Heilongjiang and Tibet. But the peasants and soldiers who killed officials in Yunnan clearly committed crimes He was sentenced to death, but he was only exiled to the Pingnan Military and Civil Affairs Division. Is that also called exile? To put it bluntly, he is an immigrant!"

Qian Qianyi sighed: "Your Majesty treats ordinary people so kindly."

Yunnan peasants and soldiers are good at killing the mayor of the town, which is tantamount to rebellion, but they are only exiled in Burma.How far is the distance between Yunnan and Myanmar?That's called fart exile.

However, Zhao Han published the ins and outs of the incident in detail in "Datong Monthly".The news spread to all provinces across the country, and many grassroots officials who oppressed the people were frightened, fearing that the peasants and soldiers under their rule would also kill them to vent their anger.

"Drink, drink." Zhu Minghao said with a smile.

Zhu Minghao's father was a martial artist in the Ming Dynasty.Because of his father's early death and the rapid decline of his family, he had to give up his studies and become a teacher to support his mother and younger brother.

Before Chongzhen died, Zhu Minghao was rated as "Fushe No. 1".Not only because of his talent and learning, but also because of his filial piety.

Moreover, although all his friends have wives and concubines, Zhu Minghao insists on not taking concubines.After entering the Hanlin Academy as an official, a businessman asked him to write an epitaph. He didn't charge money if he had a good reputation, but he refused directly if he had a bad reputation.Nowadays, living on dead wages, life is plain and ordinary.

Zhu Minghao is very satisfied with the new dynasty of Datong. Isn't the current stable situation what he pursued when he joined Fushe?

He often wrote articles praising the new dynasty, and he also wrote one, which recorded the social changes in the late Ming Dynasty from the perspective of a down-and-out literati.But this book is not popular in the circle, and many of those old friends from Fushe secretly ridiculed him as a sycophant.

Wu, the president of "Datong Monthly", resigned many times because of old illness, and faint rumors spread that the emperor wanted Zhu Minghao to take over the "Datong Monthly".

Chapter 917 [The emperor is also a historian]

Zhu Minghao praised the new dynasty and the emperor, not only because of his clear politics, but also because Zhao Han met his taste in history.

There was a "Shi Tong" in the Tang Dynasty, which was the first systematic monograph on historical theory in China, but it did not receive due attention in the Tang, Song and Yuan dynasties.

Until the Zhengde period of the Ming Dynasty, Lu Shen accidentally read the manuscript and was deeply shocked by this masterpiece.There are many errors and missing pages in the manuscript. Lu Shen finally found the complete Xishu block edition in the 13th year of Jiajing, so it was simplified and revised as "Shi Tong Hui Yao".

The publication of "Shi Tong Hui Yao" means that the study of Ming Dynasty history began to flourish.

The prosperity of historiography is also accompanied by the prosperity of practical studies, and the relationship between the two is mutual promotion.

Practical learning not only includes mathematics and physics, but also includes traditional classics and history subsets.The Practical School advocates applying what you have learned. The study of classics and history should not be excerpts, but to understand the principles in the classics and history. Based on the classics and history as a mirror, we can better govern the country and reform the society.

Textual research also showed its glory at this time.

Yang Shen, a great talent, pioneered the ethos of textual research.

Zhu Minghao in the late Ming Dynasty was a master of textual research, and he pioneered many methods of governing history.Strictly speaking, Zhu Minghao is the theoretical founder of textual research in the Qing Dynasty!

First, Zhu Minghao opposed qubi and advocated straight script.History books should do what they want, and they cannot be obscured for anyone, nor can they deliberately smear, especially when dynasties change.

Second, draw credible materials, use precise and appropriate words, and don't write ambiguously.When the facts cannot be ascertained, don't make a conclusion early, and leave it to future generations to continue to study.