Chongzhen Daming: Starting from Coal Mountain

Chapter 142 Li Xiangjun

"Okay, you guys continue to drink, I'll excuse you first."

Chongzhen left as soon as he said, without the slightest procrastination.

Seeing that Chongzhen was about to go downstairs, Li Xiangjun suddenly didn't know where the courage came from, and he fell to his knees on the floor: "Your Majesty, please stay a little longer, and the daughter of the people has a kindness."

Li Zhenli, who had just gone upstairs with a pot of wine, was so frightened that she nearly passed out when she heard this, she thought, girl, what are you doing?This is to enter the palace?Do you want Mr. Hou?

Kang Wanwan also looked at Li Xiangjun with a half-smile.

Xin said, although this is a brothel girl, she has a bit of courage.

Chongzhen looked back at Li Xiangjun who was kneeling on the ground, and asked with a smile, "Are you Li Xiangjun?"

This sentence is Li Xiangjun, it can't help but make people misunderstand, the Holy Majesty has also heard of Li Xiangjun's beautiful name?

"Yes, Minnv is Li Xiangjun." Li Xiangjun replied respectfully, "Your Majesty, Minnv reported on Ruan Dacheng's malpractice for personal gain and unfairness in dealing with the Propaganda Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs."

"Oh?" Chongzhen laughed dumbfounded, "There is such a thing? Tell me quickly."

Li Xiangjun said: "Minnv heard that the sage ordered the Propaganda Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs to recruit actors and opera troupes, so that they could go to the countryside to preach the barbarity and cruelty of slavery, or go to border towns to sing operas to reward the army. I also received court training at a young age, and I know the righteousness of the family and the country, so I decided to go to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to apply."

Chongzhen asked with a smile: "I heard that Ms. Xiangjun is very good at playing piano and singing, so I must be able to get my wish."

However, Li Xiangjun said: "As the Holy Majesty said, folk women's qin singers are really the first-class among many applicants, but Ruan Dacheng Ruan Daren refuses to hire folk girls. Dare I ask the Holy Master Ruan if he is doing favoritism? "

"This matter is indeed strange." Chongzhen asked, "So what is your appeal?"

"Minnv wants to join one of the drama troupes going to Xuzhou in national crisis." Li Xiangjun said resolutely.

"Boom!" The wooden tray in the hands of the madam Li Zhenli fell on the stairs, and the jug shattered.

Wu rushed the charcoal to the stairs, saw that it was Li Zhenli, the madam, and took back the half-drawn waist knife.

Chongzhen said happily: "Okay, it's rare that Miss Xiangjun understands righteousness so well. I'll make an exception today and personally issue an edict to Ruan Dacheng, ordering him to specially record you into the National Disaster Troupe, but..."

Li Xiangjun bowed down again and said: "If there are other conditions, please also show them to me."

"There are no other conditions." Chongzhen waved his hand, and said, "It's just that after joining the National Disaster Troupe, it is equivalent to joining the army. If you leave the troupe privately in the future, you will be treated as a deserter."

Chongzhen originally thought that Li Xiangjun would retreat in the face of difficulties. Although this woman had a miserable life experience, but the mother-in-law Li Zhenli raised her as a daughter when she was a child, but she did not suffer much. How can such a weak woman endure the hardships of the army?

Unexpectedly, Li Xiangjun agreed immediately: "Yes, Minnv will never leave without permission."

"Okay, then you can wait for the news at Meixianglou." Chongzhen took a deep look at Li Xiangjun, turned and left.

As soon as Chongzhen left, Li Zhenli didn't care that Kang Wanwan and the other four were still there, rushed upstairs in three steps at a time, and grabbed Li Xiangjun: "Girl, what kind of crazy are you smoking? Why did you suddenly think?" Get up and join the theater troupe of the Propaganda Department? And you still want to join one of the two national crisis theater troupes, are you crazy?"

"Mother, please accept my daughter's worship." Li Xiangjun knelt down to Li Zhenli.

He kowtowed three times, and said: "Mother's kindness in nurturing, I will repay it in the next life when I tie a grass ring."

Li Zhenli immediately had a sore nose and sobbed in a low voice. She wanted to reprimand Li Xiangjun a few words, but she couldn't bear it. She really raised Li Xiangjun as her daughter.

Three years ago, when Li Xiangjun combed the groom, he was really choosing a son-in-law.

Li Xiangjun fell in love with the penniless Hou Fangyu, and Li Zhenli didn't even reproach her, and happily groomed the two of them that night.

After combing the big gift, Li Xiangjun was only willing to accompany her for a drink, not for a night, and Li Zhenli also obeyed her.

Later, Li Xiangjun learned that Ruan Dacheng secretly gave the combing money, so he insisted on returning it. Li Zhenli didn't even say a word of reproach, and she relied on Li Xiangjun.

When encountering troublesome guests, Li Zhenli even sacrificed her looks to save Li Xiangjun. In a word, she really raised Li Xiangjun as her daughter, even though Meixianglou was a brothel.

In the end, the words full of reproaches turned into one sentence: "My dear, I don't know what year and month it will be when I see you again. After arriving in Xuzhou, remember to take good care of yourself and stay away from those Qiu Basi."

"Mother, my daughter will take care of herself, and you should also take care of yourself."

"Well, mother will take care of herself too." The mother and daughter cried with each other in their arms.

Looking at Li Zhenli and Li Xiangjun who were crying with each other, Kang Wanwan and the four of them could only smile wryly.

Today's flower wine was not in the mood to drink any more, so he left five hundred taels of silver on the table, and gave Zheng Tuoniang and three other prostitutes fifty taels of silver for transportation, then got up and left.

As soon as Kang Wanwan and the others left, Hou Fangyu boarded the Meixiang Tower with a dark face.

"Li Xiangjun, you must join the National Disaster Troupe, right?" Hou Fangyu asked with a dark face.

Li Xiangjun ignored him, just hugged Li Zhenli and wept, as if he didn't hear him.

Hou Fangyu completely lost control: "Li Xiangjun, why are you so lowly? You don't want to be a good oiran in Meixianglou, but you have to go to Xuzhou Border Town to sing for those Qiu Basi? You are counting on those Qiu Basi to be happy Reward you with a few big bucks, or do you hope that one of them will accept you as a concubine?"

"Get out, get out!" These words poked Li Xiangjun's heart.

In Li Xiangjun's heart, he has long regarded himself as the daughter-in-law of the Hou family.

Although she is a brothel girl, Li Xiangjun doesn't want to be someone else's concubine.

But what Hou Fangyu said just now revealed that in his heart he did not regard Li Xiangjun as the daughter-in-law of the Hou family, but just regarded her as a concubine who had no status and could be given to others at any time.

"Okay, okay, I'm leaving, but Li Xiangjun, you'd better not regret it."

Hou Fangyu put down a harsh word, and left Meixianglou with a dark face.

……

Ruan Dacheng is working overtime in his Stone Nest Garden rehearsing new plays.

Stone Nest Garden is Ruan Dacheng's residence in Nanjing. He spent tens of thousands of taels of silver to buy six private houses that were close together, and then remodeled them to be extremely luxurious.

These include the water pavilion and stage in the back garden.

At this time, "Qin Liangyu" written by Ruan Dacheng himself was being sung on the stage.

The one who plays Qin Liangyu is a singer who lives on a boat on the Qinhuai River. Although this singer has worked very hard and her singing is perfect, Ruan Dacheng always feels that there is something missing, the charm?

Yes, Shen Yun, this singing girl lacks that kind of charm. Even if she is wearing cotton armor, she is still a singing girl, not like a female general galloping on the battlefield.

Thinking of this, Ruan Dacheng sighed lightly.

In fact, the most suitable person to play Qin Liangyu is Li Xiangjun from Meixianglou.

That day, Li Xiangjun put on the costume and stood on the stage. Before he even sang a word or made any action, the heroic appearance of a female general was fully revealed.

When Li Xiangjun opened his voice again, Ruan Dacheng was even more acclaimed.

Qin Liangyu's song book was tailor-made for Li Xiangjun.

It's a pity that Li Xiangjun is Hou Fangyu's confinement, and now Hou Fangyu, Gu Gao, Wu Yingji and the others are all celebrities in front of the deputy head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Ma Mingpao, and they can't be provoked.

Although Ruan Dacheng is now a member of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, but he has self-knowledge in his heart, the reason why the Holy Majesty recruited him into the Ministry of Internal Affairs is to let him rehearse plays, it's as simple as that.

Comparing with Ma Mingpao cannot be compared with Ma Mingpao.

If you can't offend Ma Mingpao, you won't be able to offend Hou Fangyu and his group.

So that day, when Hou Fangyu brought Gu Gao and Wu Yingji to Shichao Garden to demonstrate, Ruan Dacheng turned Li Xiangjun out without hesitation.

At this time, "Qin Liangyu" on the stage had already started singing.

The story tells that in the first year of Tianqi, a large army of Jiannu invaded Shenyang, and the imperial court ordered Baigan soldiers and Zhejiang soldiers to rush to rescue Shenyang.

After Qin Liangyu heard the news, he left his army to help Hunhe alone.

In the drama, Ruan Dacheng made some wonderful adaptations of historical facts in accordance with Chongzhen's will.

In history, before Qin Liangyu's [-] white soldiers arrived at the Hunhe battlefield, the war was over. The white soldiers and Zhejiang soldiers who participated in the battle were wiped out, and the Liao soldiers were defeated.

However, Chongzhen personally issued an order to ask Ruan Dacheng to change to Qin Liangyu and rushed to the Hunhe battlefield alone. However, at that time, the white soldiers led by Qin Liangyu's elder brother Qin Bangping and younger brother Qin Minping had exhausted their entire army. Stay on the south bank of the Hun River to watch the excitement.

Then Qin Liangyu's provocative words made the Liao soldiers feel ashamed, and then followed Qin Liangyu to launch an attack, and finally rescued the Zhejiang soldiers from the heavy siege of Jiannu. Qin Liangyu also took back the bodies of his elder brother Qin Bangping and younger brother Qin Minping from the battlefield, and personally escorted them Back home for burial, that's the story.

At this time, "Qin Liangyu" on the stage just sang "Three thousand iron cavalry unload their armor, and none of them is a man". He made a sound, expressing his shame, and then followed Qin Liangyu to launch a fierce attack on Jiannu.

Looking at the singing girl performing hard on the stage, Ruan Dacheng sighed again.

Almost mean, or almost mean, really doesn't look like a female general.

At this moment, Ruan Dacheng caught a glimpse of Wang Chengen walking quickly into the water pavilion from the corner of his eye.

"Eunuch Wang!" Ruan Dacheng was taken aback, quickly got up and came forward, and said flatteringly, "What kind of wind has brought you to my Stone Nest Garden."

Wang Chengen smiled and said, "There is a purpose."

Ruan Dacheng quickly knelt down when he heard the words, and said in a respectful voice: "I respectfully invite the Holy Spirit to come to Jin'an."

"Sheng Gongan." Wang Chengen cupped his fists in the direction of Nangong and raised his fist, then said in a high-pitched voice, "Ruan Dacheng from the Department of Publicity and Education of the Ministry of Internal Affairs specially invited Li Xiangjun, a geisha from Meixianglou, to join the National Disaster Troupe."

(End of this chapter)