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

"The Legend of Zhen Huan" will always be a story with a female protagonist in later generations. At this time, the protagonist Zhen Huan is gentle and kind, but also dares to fight for her own interests, and is a pioneer of women's rights.

The more Mrs. Wu watched "The Legend of Zhen Huan", the more surprised she became. She just felt that the character of Zhen Huan was deviant - how could a female prostitute dare to think about disobeying her father's order or even the emperor's order? But I was surprised but also felt secretly happy.

Li Guoxian didn't need to worry about being said to be an allusion to government affairs when he wrote this novel. After Emperor Hongwu established the Ming Dynasty, in order to prevent the harem from interfering in politics and the exclusive power of relatives, it was stipulated that the emperor's concubines and princes and princesses must choose ordinary women from good families or even prestigious scholar families. Will not work.

Therefore, in "The Legend of Zhen Huan", the empress Wu family and the noble concubine Nian family, who are obviously powerful officials, are obviously not pointing to the imperial court at this time. It is easier for readers to understand the background of the story as a fictional dynasty similar to the Han and Tang Dynasties or the Five Dynasties. .

"The Legend of Zhen Huan" deeply touches on the people's pain point of liking the secrets of the palace at this time. At the same time, it is essentially a story about a heroine. In various palace battles, Zhen Huan uses strategies to slap her enemies in the face, and the inner palace The intrigues in it are much more real and bloody than the childish secret history of the palace at this time, which makes people feel secretly happy to watch.

Once this book was serialized, it quickly became popular among readers.

After three issues of serialization, the novel spread in Fujian, and pirated copies quickly entered Sanwu. Women in the boudoir of wealthy families all had a copy, and they discussed the stories in the book with each other whenever they had the chance.

Not only women like to read it, but many male readers also follow it day and night, relishing the intrigues and interpersonal relationships in it.

Chen Jiru's master, the famous book critic He Sanwei, saw this novel from his granddaughter. He couldn't put it down after reading it. He thought over and over again and commented on this book in his "Zhiyuan Collection":

"Haizhong Xiangu has a wonderful pen, and Wang Jianyang is also a genius. Only by reading this book can we realize that the cleverness of women's minds is really not inferior to that of men. Queen Wu is ruthless, Concubine Duan is patient and loyal, Cao Qinmo, the Empress Dowager, etc. are all outstanding figures of the moment. The wisdom and talent are as good as those of famous people, and men are everywhere among them. Although emperors, talented people, good doctors and famous generals are just like stupid donkeys and wooden horses... After reading this book, you will know that what Li Zhuowu said: 'A good woman is also a great husband' is true. It is said that the immortal in the sea is true. She is also a woman, and among those who write about the talents of women in the world, how many of them can surpass the Immortal in the Sea?"

But ordinary readers don't care about women's talents. This is the first female-channeled novel to appear in this time and space. The protagonist's perspective is female, and the author's thinking is also from a female perspective. Various exciting points are also designed for female readers. For women, it is more Other works at this time have a much stronger sense of immersion, and literate women like them very much.

After reading the book, many women dreamed about the stories in the book. Many women learned that Hai Zhongxian was a female author, and it was not taboo for women to write compliments to each other, so they all started writing and sharing their thoughts after reading.

"The Legend of Zhen Huan" has really become a hit. Because it has occupied the ecological niche of female channel novels, it is even more popular than "Liancheng Jue". The sales volume of each issue of "Xun Bao" finally exceeded 1,700 copies.

Deng Zhimo and others investigated the source of the extra sales, and after tracking them all the way, they discovered that they were actually booked by brothels in Fuzhou - many of the brothel girls could read and couldn't put it down, "The Legend of Zhen Huan".

This book spreads among boudoirs at the same speed as "Liancheng Jue", and the sales volume is also great. The text content of "Zhen Huan Biography" exceeds 1.5 million words, which is nine times more than "Liancheng Jue". Li Guoxian It's time to get busy. "Liancheng Jue" can still be fooled by updating 8,000 words per issue. "The Legend of Zhen Huan" needs to be updated at least 20,000 words per issue if it doesn't want to be updated for several years.

So now Li Guoxian has to publish a manuscript of more than 20,000 words every ten days, and also finds time to reply to letters from readers. After coming to the Wang family, she did not live the life of a housewife with daily necessities, but directly became a working woman.

Originally, Li Guoxian was worried that he would be looked down upon because he was a concubine when he married into Wang Wenlong's family. But now that his works have been recognized, Li Guoxian's mentality has also changed rapidly. He works extremely hard every day and enters the study at a fixed time to create. When the editorial department was waiting for manuscripts, Deng Zhimo would sometimes rush Wang Wenlong when it was difficult to find Li Guoxian.

Wang Wenlong walked into the study and saw Li Guoxian sitting upright and busy with a pen.

"You were writing when I went out, and you are still busy when I come back."

"This is a letter sent to me by several girls from Hangzhou who pooled their money together to ask someone to send it to me. They are sincere and sincere, so I have to respond quickly."

Wang Wenlong smiled and hugged her from behind and kneaded her. "Stop making trouble!" Li Guoxian's face turned red with embarrassment, and he couldn't help turning his head to talk to Wang Wenlong.

The two were intimate for a while. Li Guoxian sat in Wang Wenlong's arms, took out a handkerchief to help him wipe off the rouge on his lips, and asked foolishly: "Are you having dinner at home tonight?" Wang Wenlong saw that she was as beautiful as a peach and plum, so he smiled and kissed her again.

The two of them fell in love with each other, but they didn't know that Shen Jing, who was far away in Suzhou, was still worried about Wang Wenlong's affairs at this time.

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Suzhou, Shen family.

A group of children from the family were accompanying Ye Shaoyuan to enjoy the garden of the Shen family. Ye Shaoyuan nodded and praised, "This garden is quite elegantly decorated. Once you step into the forest, you will get the artistic conception of Suzhou gardens."

Shen Yixiu's younger brother Shen Zizheng said with a smile: "Zhong Shao, don't make fun of us. What does our Shen family's garden mean? Who doesn't know that your Ye family's garden is the most famous in Suzhou?"

Brother Shen Zinan also nodded and said: "The big lake in your house is really enviable. It produces fat fish in autumn, fresh lotus roots in summer, endless flowers for forty years, and endless fruits and vegetables. This is what the Immortal Cave is like."

Shen Zinan's mouth was watering when he said this. This guy is only fourteen years old but already has a standard foodie demeanor, but from the perspective of future generations, it is natural.

There are many talented scholars in the descendants of the Shen family, not only in scientific research, poetry, but also in diversified development. For example, Shen Zinan was a famous doctor and gourmet in the original history, and left a handed down work "Diet", which focused on the relationship between diet and medicine.

Ye Shaoyuan is also a little conceited. He is only fourteen years old this year, and it is inevitable that he will be affected by the compliments from people of the same age.

In fact, it was very honorable for Ye Shao and Yuan Neng to praise the Shen family’s garden. They divided the lake and the Ye family’s garden was the real number one in Wujiang. Later, Yeze Lake in Suzhou had an area of ​​nearly four square kilometers before the lake was filled to create land. In the early years, All of them are private property of Ye Garden. Although they have been sold off one after another, he now also has a huge lake in his home, so big that mandarin fish weighing forty kilograms can be caught in it.

Shen Jiayuan's son is only small in comparison.

While the children were talking, a servant from a distance came and called: "Master, the second master has asked the young masters to come over. The ladies are also here."

Shen Zizheng quickly led the way and said, "Zhong Shao, come with me quickly. Don't you want to see my sister?"

Ye Shaoyuan nodded, pretending not to care, but quickly followed.

Today he said he came to visit the elders, but in fact he really came to see Shen Yixiu.

(End of this chapter)