The literary giants of the late Ming Dynasty began by copying books

Wang Wenlong explained: "I gave some ideas, but the specific content was laid out by the National Fairy. Her writing is much more detailed than mine."

Deng Zhimo nodded in surprise and tasted it carefully: "It is indeed powdery. It is rare for a man to write such words."

Everyone then clicked their tongues. Although some talented women had begun to write novels at this time, the proportion was extremely small. It was still hard for these men to believe that Li Guoxian, a woman, could write such a novel.

The novel is so good that the editorial department unanimously agreed to include "The Legend of Zhen Huan" in the next issue.

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Time has entered the sixth month of the lunar calendar, and the weather has not improved. Anti-tax riots have occurred in Suzhou and Shanxi, and Wanli has actively arrested people.

However, while the troublemakers who seized on the popular uprising were active, Wanli was more open-minded in other matters.

Every year in June, summer is about to begin, and the prison cells are extremely dirty. Therefore, the Ming Dynasty stipulates that hot trials will be held in June. All prisoner files in the prison of the Ministry of Punishment will be reviewed. Those who deserve to be punished will be punished, those who deserve to be exiled will be exiled, and those who deserve to be released will be released. , so as not to die in prison.

On Dinghai in June of the 29th year of Wanli, the Judicial Department requested a hot trial, but Wanli no longer knew about it. The Third Judicial Department did not receive a reply, so they could only keep the prisoners locked up. This summer was extremely hot, and the number of prisoners in the cells was due to the The number increased due to the civil uprising. Before June, epidemics began to spread in prisons in the northern and southern capitals. Hundreds of prisoners died of the disease, and even the jailers who collected the corpses were infected.

The Sanfa Si was dumbfounded and continued to report the request, but the emperor continued to ignore it.

The Sanfa Division is still worried about this matter now, but after a few years, they will get used to it, because there will be no hot trials in Wanli in the next few years. The number of prisoners in the Penal Department is getting more and more, and the five-person prison in the Penal Department prison has become a ten-person prison.

It is a good thing for death row inmates who have committed major crimes, and they can live for many years longer, but some people who have committed minor crimes are unlucky. Year.

As for why Wanli did not approve the judicial hot trial, no one knows. This matter does not involve anyone's interests or any factional struggle. The most likely reason is that Wanli was too lazy and simply didn't see the official document, or maybe he didn't care after seeing it.

But later there was no chance of a trial - the Minister of Punishment retired, and Wanli did not approve the appointment of a new official. The most unlucky prisoners will be imprisoned until around the thirty-eighth year of Wanli.

Fortunately, civil order can still be basically maintained. Wanli does not approve new people to take office mainly because he does not approve those court officials who will make noise in his ears. Local officials outside the capital are basically still required, otherwise the local area would have been in chaos. .

At the same time, at the end of June, early rice in Fujian began to mature, and the entire province reported a reduction in rice production. Famine began to brew again. Even if disaster relief efforts were made, some people still began to gather in big cities out of fear.

Tens of thousands of victims have settled outside Fuzhou City, where they beg for food every day. Trinity Church's bank balance has bottomed out, and they can only wait for the harvest of sweet potatoes and pumpkins this season before the loans they have given out can be repaid next season. .

Under such circumstances, "Xundao" quietly began to serialize "The Legend of Zhen Huan".

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"The newspapers are coming, the newspapers are coming."

Fuzhou City, Wu family, servants bought newspapers, and all the young and old in the family gathered around.

This family surnamed Wu can be regarded as the heirloom of Shili. The family has fields, shops, mills, and river boats. The eldest son is doing business outside, and the others are running businesses and studying at home. They are also leisurely on weekdays. Whenever " When the Xun Bao was released, the family did not do anything else. They all gathered together to read the newspaper. "Liancheng Jue" only has 200,000 words, and the serialization ended last year. Wang Wenlong did not choose to continue serializing martial arts novels, but wanted to broaden the types of entertainment novels at this time, so he thought about it and put Gao Luopei in the novel section. "The Case of Di Gong".

Although this book was written by a Dutch sinologist and is not clear in some parts, it has the flavor of a modern detective novel. The process of solving crimes in public case novels of this era was still very childish, and often relied on gods, ghosts, and extremely charming thinking. Detective novels are almost a dimensionality-reducing blow to public case novels.

Wang Wenlong rewrote "The Case of Di Gong" and released it. Although it did not reach the popularity of "Liancheng Jue", it still made many people unable to put down the book. Some storytelling masters even like this kind of suspenseful work. After talking about the above part, readers are eager to know the culprit. Who is the culprit is often scratching their heads and wanting to hear the bottom part, so newspaper sales can still be stable.

"I'll read it, I'll read it." The young master of the Wu family, who was not yet ten years old, grabbed the newspaper and turned to the novel section first. The grandparents, uncles and aunts at home gathered together and listened to the younger generation reading the newspaper with a smile.

Just listen to the young master of the Wu family read in a childish voice:

"Justice Judge said sullenly: 'They are nothing more than rumors and not trustworthy. Let's pick out the important ones!'

Tao Qian said: "Master Mingjian, although I am not completely sure, I selfishly think that there must be some shady activities in this Puci Temple." ’

He said eloquently: 'About five years ago, a traveling monk came to this temple and called himself Lingde. It is said that all couples who do not have children can have children when they return home as long as they go to the temple to make wishes and pray. Whenever a woman enters the main hall, Master Na Lingde will personally affix a seal and seal the door of the hall. He also asks her husband to put his seal on the seal as a mark, and stay in the Zen room in the temple for the night, and get up early the next day. Take off the seal...'"

In less than a moment, the content of this issue of "The Case of the Bronze Bell" has been read out, and the family heatedly discussed where the abbot of Puci Temple hid the women? Are there any ghosts in the temple?

After reading this serial, the second master of the Wu family not only did not satisfy his craving, but was more interested in it. He wanted to read the next issue quickly. He turned the newspaper to the second page of the novel version, but saw that there was "Zhen Huan" on it. The title of "Biography".

The word "Zhen Huan" can be seen at a glance as the name of a woman, so the name "Zhen Huan" can't help but make readers think of it.

Mr. Wu smiled and said, "Huh? Has the "Xunbao" also started serializing boudoir novels?"

After hearing this, Mr. Wu's expression changed. The story about the obscene monk giving away his son in "The Case of the Bronze Bell" was already a bit inappropriate for children. He regretted letting his grandson read it. As for the boudoir novel, Love Love Love, naturally he couldn't let it be Children watch.

He quickly said: "It's time for my grandson to go to school. Erlang, you come with me."

Mr. Wu had no choice but to put the newspaper on the table and walked to the study with his father and nephew. When the man in the family left, his daughter-in-law also got up:

"Mom, I'll go ahead too."

The daughter-in-law also left, so the old lady of the Wu family asked the maid to take the newspaper and read it.

As she is getting older, she actually likes to watch some love stories to relieve her boredom. She also likes to listen to stories about talented people and beautiful ladies while listening to plays.

At first, Mrs. Wu didn't take "The Legend of Zhen Huan" seriously. The font size of the newspaper was quite small, which made her eyes uncomfortable, but she couldn't put it down after looking at it.

The first chapter of "The Legend of Zhen Huan" is basically the opening character introduction: In an unknown year and place in a precarious country, the Queen Mother wanted the emperor to conduct a draft for the sake of the country's heirs. Although Zhen Huan, the eldest daughter of Zhen Yuandao, the Shaoqing of Dali Temple, was included in the draft, she was She doesn't want to marry into the emperor's family, but looks forward to someone who treats her sincerely.

In this era, parents' orders and the matchmaker's words are important. Women have no chance to speak in marriage, but women still want the right to love freely from the bottom of their hearts.

Otherwise, all kinds of novels and novels would not contain stories about young ladies having an affair with talented men.

(End of this chapter)