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

Chapter 37 Taibai Jingtian
After leaving Li's house for a long time, Wang Wenlong opened the letter Li Guoxian sent him.

When he opened the letter, a piece of plain white floral paper fell out. When he opened it, a faint fragrance lingered on the tip of his nose. Wang Wenlong knew at a glance that it was the paper used for women's specifications.

Seeing the beautiful handwriting on the flower note, he first copied the poem "Life has many divergent roads from north to south" at the beginning of "The Scholars", but the following content was about his feelings about this poem, and in the end he modestly expressed his My understanding is very shallow and I hope Wang Wenlong can correct me.

If you only read this letter, you would just think that it is a literature lover discussing the opening poem of "The Scholars" with Wang Wenlong, but after reading it, Wang Wenlong could only smile bitterly.

Having been in this era for so long, he has already understood how strict the standards for intimacy between men and women are. It is already considered rude for an unmarried man and woman to pick up something left behind by the other, even if Li Guoxian's family is a merchant family. , but if a letter like this is seen by others at this time, it will be regarded as proof of love.

Wang Wenlong lamented in his heart that he was afraid of what would happen. He had obviously never flirted with Li Guoxian, so why did this girl suddenly fall in love with him?

He had mixed feelings in his heart, and he really didn't know how to deal with it for a moment. He just hoped that Li Guozhu could go back and scold his sister to wake up.

The Li family mansion.

Li Guojiu walked into Li Guoxian's room angrily.

Li Guoxian is sitting in front of the coffee table writing, with a somewhat absent-minded look on his face. His pretty face is holding the pen, his eyebrows are slightly furrowed. The sleeves of the light floral shirt he wears in summer have fallen off, revealing half of his arms. His skin is so white and tender that it almost reflects light.

"That letter to Wang Wenlong was written by you, wasn't it?"

Li Guoxian came out of his daze when his brother shouted, and looked at Li Guozhu with a relaxed expression on his face, as if he was relieved after his little idea was finally discovered.

"What letter did my brother say?"

"Don't pretend to be with me, why don't I call your maid to come up and ask?"

Li Guoxian smiled brightly and said, "Oh, it turned out to be that letter. I was reading Mr. Wang's book recently and I didn't understand something about the poems, so I asked him for advice."

When Li Guozhu heard this, he said angrily: "I'm so confused. How can you, a woman in a boudoir, do such a thing?"

"Why are you so angry, brother? Didn't you help me invite Wang Wenlong to Zhishan to play before?"

Li Guozhu said sincerely: "Before, it was just a joke and there was no sense of propriety. But now that dad has announced that he will find you a family, how can you dare to be so dishonest? A big girl's family, this kind of If word of this gets out, you will probably be looked down upon when you go to my uncle's house in the future."

Li Guoxian retorted: "I was just discussing poetry, and I didn't do anything shameful!"

Li Guozhu said: "How many poems can there be in that "The Scholars" from beginning to end? What do you and Wang Wenlong have to discuss?"

Li Guoxian, who was usually very favored by his brother, continued to talk back: "Even one song is excellent."

Li Guozhu couldn't help but sigh when he heard this, and said to Li Guoxian: "I have been interacting with Wang Wenlong a lot these days. To be honest, he is indeed a very quarrelsome friend, but he is not the refined scholar you imagined."

"A few days ago, my father came to him to ask for advice. Although I don't know what they said, after I came back, I heard my father say that although he had an idea, it didn't seem to be very right."

"If he was really a great talent, how could he work under Gao Yin? Anyone with some background would have been picked out by their friends in the officialdom. It can be seen that this man has some talent, but it's probably nothing. Advanced scholar.”

"And although you were interested in him before, how did you see his response?"

"I originally set my heart on the bright moon, but the bright moon shines on the ditch. Since he has no interest in it, why force it? Can't you just sit back and wait in the house for your father to find a good family for you?" Li Guozhu said for a long time, and Li Guoxian lowered his head. , said leisurely: "I am not a direct descendant, and I grew up in a foreign vassal, not to mention that our family is a maritime merchant. I think what dad means is that Zuo is just looking for a powerful man to promise me out. It's best to return the favor. I will give a sum of money to my husband’s family. No matter who the person is, as long as he can help our family’s business, I will be destined for life.”

She looked up at Li Guozhu, her eyes full of sorrow, "Brother, do you think this is my good family?"

Li Guoxian said firmly: "Wang Wenlong, no matter whether he is really talented or not, I like him after all. No matter what, he is better than what dad chose."

Li Guozhu was speechless for a while, struggling for a long time, thinking about this sister in his heart, and could only say: "At most, I pretend that I don't know, but you should also pay attention to some propriety, and don't write such things on paper anymore."

Li Guozhu also grew up overseas, and did not attach as much importance to etiquette as Mingren did. At this time, he could only think about taking good care of his sister in the future and not letting her and Wang Wenlong get into trouble. As for his sister's marriage, He couldn't decide either.

……

Entering September, Gao Yin is busy again.

Speaking of the reasons, we have to go back to the Zhengguoben incident, which is the source of all evil.

The reason why Wanli was able to send Gao Yin out to collect taxes was because of the fight for the country.

Wanli has always wanted to make Zhu Changxun, the son of Concubine Zheng, the crown prince, and depose the eldest son Zhu Changluo. This matter started in the 14th year of Wanli, and continued until the 29th year of Wanli. When Zhu Changluo reached his age, logically he should be crowned prince, so starting from this year Ministers began to submit letters at the beginning of the year.

Wanli delayed but did not want to agree, so he used his skillful delaying method and issued an edict requiring 400 million taels of silver to be taken out of Taicang as the cost of appointing a prince and a vassal king.

The war to conquer Korea had just ended, and Yang Yinglong, the chieftain of Bozhou, had not yet been defeated. How could the imperial court have so much money?What's more, what is the concept of 400 million taels?The total amount of food and salary wasted in Wanli's Korean War was millions of taels. Wanli didn't know how to calculate the figure of more than 2000 million taels needed to establish the crown prince and enfeoff the kings.

The Ministry of Revenue naturally reported that the treasury was empty, and Wanli immediately said that I had a plan, so that a large number of eunuchs such as Gao Yin could be sent to various places to collect taxes.

From April to September, another civil uprising broke out, and the whole world was filled with complaints. The amount collected by these eunuchs was indeed quite large.

Originally, the emperor could still remain shameless and not react, but a big event happened in September of the 27th year of Wanli, and Venus appeared during the day.

Wang Wenlong almost didn't notice this when he was reading history books in his previous life. When he looked up and observed the daytime view of Venus that day, Wang Wenlong didn't think there was anything unusual. However, when he turned around, he saw Lin Shiqing's face turned pale. He rubbed his eyes as if he didn't believe it, took another look, and then ran to report to Gao Yin, yelling. Then he saw Gao Yin running out of the house with his clothes on, and looked up in the courtyard.

Wang Wenlong was confused. He didn't know the meaning of this until Lin Shiqing explained it that night.

Venus is called Taibai in the sky at this time. Taibai Venus is the main killing star, and the sun naturally refers to the emperor. Taibai is seen in the daytime, and the killing star competes with the sun for brightness. In this era, it is called Taibai Jingtian.

Taibai Jingtian, the world is more king, and there is great chaos.

The most famous Taibai Jingtian incident in history was on June [-]st and [-]rd of the ninth year of Wude. The phenomenon of Taibai Jingtian appeared twice. Li Yuan was shocked. He suspected that Li Shimin was treason and decided to transfer Li Shimin's militia and horses. One day later, Li Shimin indeed launched the Xuanwu Gate to change the emperor.

Since then, the celestial phenomenon of Taibai Jingtian has been valued by people with a little knowledge.

Wang Wenlong was speechless. Once the revolution periods of Venus and the Earth are divided, the phenomenon of Venus transiting the sun will occur every 200 years or so. It is more common for Venus to be seen during the day. However, most people these days do not understand it.Even if you understand, you will treat it as if you don’t know.

(End of this chapter)