The bad emperor of Tang Dynasty

Entering the Princess Mansion, strolling through the pavilions, towers and pavilions, rockery and small bridges, under the leadership of A Fu Shutong, Guo Nuan is like Grandma Liu entering the Grand View Garden. The marble railings imported from Goryeo have stained the bronze statue in the fountain pool that was paid tribute from Tianzhu.

Picking flowers and twisting grass everywhere, in short, Guo Nuan ruined a lot of scenery in the garden-style manor of the Princess Mansion.

As a follower, Ah Fu, seeing the master's frivolous behavior, was terrified. I was afraid that Guo Nuan would accidentally destroy the priceless decoration, and he would not be able to afford it.

Since leaving Guo Mansion for the Princess Mansion, Wang solemnly took out 350 taels of silver before leaving, and specially gave it to Guo Nuan's accountant, Ah Fu, and told him to manage the accounts of the young master's daily expenses and be frugal.It can be said that the money of the two masters and servants is not much, and their purses are not big.

Ah Fu studied Confucian books for several years in a private school in the country when he was young, and was once pinned on by his father, a tenant farmer who turned his face to the loess and his back to the sky.

Father Ah Fu hoped that his son would one day pass the imperial examination and become an official, but the poor had nothing to spare except for three meals a day.Although Ah Fu also has some wisdom roots in studying, after all, the initial investment in the imperial examination is too heavy, and small peasant families cannot afford it.

In addition to learning a little Mingjing, the two popular subjects of the Jinshi imperial examination are the next best thing, and I also learned some arithmetic for financial management in the accounting office.

Ah Fu hopes that after he has a skill, he can enter a wealthy family and work as a study teacher in the future, which can be counted as the breadwinner for his family.

Although the Guo family is said to be a family of officials and eunuchs, especially the head of the family, Guo Ziyi, is still a feudal official.

Ah Fu has been a servant of the Guo Mansion for four or five years, and occasionally helped the housekeeper, and also managed the rough chores of the Guo Mansion's accountant, and he knew it very well.

Regardless of the great business of the Guo family, the imperial court gave Guo Ziyi a salary of three to four thousand taels a year, plus Yongye Field, Job Field, Xun Field, miscellaneous, all kinds of things added up, it was only eight or nine hundred hectares.

Hundreds of hectares of fields are used to grow rice, wheat, mulberry and sericulture, cotton and hemp and other weaving crops, plus a small amount of medicinal materials.

In a good year, the tax paid, which can be collected every year, can be converted into more than 2 taels of silver, and some restaurants and shops in Chang'an have a surplus of 3000 to [-] taels.

Since the three towns led by An Lushan broke through Kyoto seven years ago, they have plundered wantonly, and the rebels have implemented the Sanguang policy comparable to Japanese pirates entering the village.

After the toss, the Guanzhong Plain was dilapidated and withered, and the fertile land was even more war-torn, and no one took care of the cultivation, and it was abandoned for seven years.

Not to mention those industries in Kyoto, nine out of ten rooms were empty, and eight buildings collapsed during the period.Take the year when Shi Siming first captured Chang'an as an example, most of the Persian bearded businessmen who were stranded in the city due to the war were extremely rich.

At that time, there were 10,000+ households of Persian merchants in Chang'an. The city was massacred overnight by the rebels, and their homes were robbed. Eighty thousand Persians disappeared in one fell swoop.

As for the shop industry, it is not bad to save your life. In the turmoil of the war, you can still dream of dreams, and you can hold all the gold and silver treasures of your wealth in your arms, which is simply impossible.

After the seven-year rebellion in the feudal town was finally put down, the Guo family, like the major bureaucratic families and wealthy merchants who took root in Chang'an, lost most of their assets in the war.

As the Jiedu envoy guarding Shuofang in the west, although Guo Ziyi has great power, he also has a heavy burden. The chief executive of the administrative region under the jurisdiction of a Fang town is in control of everything, regardless of military affairs, wealth, and civil affairs.

Now that the national war has been settled, the imperial court has no money and food to support the various places.In the desolate Shuofang, the fields are barren, the food production in the area is not abundant, and the western Tubo and Turkic neighbors invade from time to time.

In addition to the fact that Guo Jiedu uses his own family money to raise money to buy food and rations, and invests in Shuofang's military expenditures, which is considered a waste of money every year. Guo's family is liquidated at the end of the year.

Therefore, Ah Fu was able to receive more than 300 taels of silver from Wang's female headed family. This is a relatively large share of the annual expenses of Master Guo Liu, which is equivalent to the total of three or four middle-class families of five in Chang'an. assets.

Now that he entered the Princess Mansion, Ah Fu couldn't help worrying about his future fate. On the way to the carriage, Ah Fu liquidated Guo Nuan's net worth, and only 500 taels remained.

Originally, half a month ago, Guo's mother gave Guo Nuan 500 taels of silver, but the next day when he was visiting Chang'an market, he encountered a nasty thief and stole it.

Not only that, Guo Nuan also gave a personal jade pendant to a strange woman who sold her body to bury her father that day, but Ah Fu, as Guo Nuan's heartfelt servant, kept all this from Wang and did not report it.

It doesn't matter if the money is gone, but that piece of jade is an incomparably precious family heirloom. Even the gracious Wang family, no matter how much she loves her sixth son Guo Nuan, once she finds out about the loss of the jade pendant, she will immediately lose her temper Furious, the young master could not do without Wang's family law. Ah Fu looked at the innocent young master in front of him, and he was walking with great interest at this time. Ah Fu never thought of giving a small report to the mistress.

Originally, the young master of my family married the princess and made him a captain-in-law, so he could go to the palace to find a job in the imperial army, but the young and proud Guo Nuan refused it.So far, Guo Nuan is still alone, so she has no income of her own.

At this time, the material culture of the Tang Dynasty was obviously very developed. As in the early days of the Anshi Rebellion, the price of rice was only three or four pennies per stone, and one stone was converted into a market catty, which was more than 90 catties.

After the war, the consumption of grain reserves in Guanzhong was huge. Due to the developed water transportation, the shortage in Guanzhong was replenished from Hanzhong and the grain-producing areas in the northeast.

Although more than 500 taels of silver seems to be a lot of money for ordinary people, Ah Fu looked up at the blue sky, felt a little dizzy, touched his swollen forehead, and couldn't help sighing, 500 taels was still not enough for his own young master Guo.

As for the daily expenditure plan for the next year, Ah Fu listed out the details in detail. As a child of an upper-class nobleman, it seems that this year is going to be a year of tightening his belt.

"Master, I'll go to your room to tidy up. I haven't returned to the Princess Mansion for more than a month. It should be moldy in your room, Young Master. You should take a look here first."

Ah Fu and Guo Nuan wandered around the huge Princess Manor for more than an hour, and felt that it was getting late, so they decided to take care of the daily life of the master and servant first, and bid farewell.

"Oh, Ah Fu, let's go first. You have nothing to do when you are free. Young Master, let's go shopping first." Guo Nuan didn't feel any problem, and immediately dismissed Ah Fu.

Seeing the master's relaxed expression, Ah Fu didn't know whether he was lamenting the master's calm and indifferent, or because he was too thick-headed and didn't think too much about it.

According to the previous cold treatment of the master and servant in the Princess Mansion, even though there are many handymen in the mansion, there is probably no one to take care of the two people's residences.

Even the concubine's food and daily life required his only servant to work hard. It can be seen how poor Guo Nuan's treatment in the mansion is, and he tried to die seven or eight times a year. The etiquette of monarchs and ministers, for the vast majority of men with backbone, really can't stand this kind of encounter.

The number of times she wanted to die was reasonable, not too many. It can only be said that Concubine Guo was so fateful that she committed suicide many times without dying.

Shaking the folding fan lightly, shaking his head and brain, Guo Nuan strolled through this green water fairy pond, that corner covered bridge, whether it is a triangular octagonal pavilion, a round square pavilion, a bucket arch cornice pavilion, just the type of pavilion, the number of gardens, Guo Nuan could see no fewer than ten kinds in half an hour, which made him greatly appreciate the luxury and exquisiteness of the royal family.

Guo Nuan was about to turn back the same way, when he heard a bamboo flute coming from the green bamboo forest in the distance.

"Huh? The sound of the hole flute, let's go and have a look."

After making up her mind, Guo Nuan became very curious when she heard the sound, so she quickened her pace and walked straight to the bamboo forest.

Going around a few slanted green bamboos, Guo Nan broke through the blinding bamboo leaves with his hands behind his back, walked quickly through the bamboo forest, and suddenly saw a bright hole in front of him.

Guo Nuan stood there in a daze, eyes staring straight, then gulped saliva in an awkward manner, grunted, and her Adam's apple rolled up and down, as if she could even hear her own swallowing sound clearly.

In the depths of the bamboo grove, there is a gazebo. In the pavilion is a slim woman, dressed in white, playing the flute lightly. She is wearing a smoky gauze, as black as lacquer, and her skin is better than snow.

At this time, this scene adds a bit of seductive style. The woman's eyes are staring at the void in front of her, thinking, like a pool of clear water.

Guo Nuan's heart was like an electric shock, she was shocked immediately, and she was greatly amazed in her heart, in front of her was a peerless beauty who was lonely and glamorous, rare in this life, the best of the best.

The sound of the flute is elegant and euphemistic, with a touch of sadness in the beautiful and implicit, the tone is high and low, tactful and agile.

Guo Nuan had woken up from the temptation of beauty at this time, and then couldn't help but sighed loudly in the direction of the woman in the distance:

"Hearding the music of man but not the music of the earth, and hearing the music of the earth but not the music of nature, it is the melody of the mortal who plays the music of nature."

Guo Nuan was born in a scholarly family in his previous life. Not only was his father the principal of a primary school, he was good at teaching and educating people, but he also loved calligraphy.And the mother is a music teacher in an art school, good at folk dance, and also plays some classical instruments, such as Sheng, Guzheng, Pan Xiao, and of course the Dong Xiao played by the woman in front of her.

As for the flute instrument placed in the transparent cabinet at home, Guo Nuan was playing with it when he was still learning to crawl in crotch pants.Having immersed himself in this way for more than [-] years, he is very familiar with Xiao.

When I have nothing to do, when I am in the mood, I play a few tunes at home. With the coach of a senior music teacher, Guo Nuan, Guo Nuan is really good at flute.

He was thinking about how to greet the stunning woman in front of him, but when the woman more than ten steps away spotted Guo Nuan's figure, the sound of the flute stopped quietly.

Guo Nuan was hesitant about how to go up, when suddenly the woman in the pavilion was staring at Guo Nuan who was dazed under the bamboo grove with a cold face, her smart eyes flashed an imperceptible strange color, and she didn't say a word at this moment.

The atmosphere was a little quiet and awkward, Guo Nuan saw that the beauty had already looked at him coldly, as if her expression was very unkind.

Guo Nuan reckoned that maybe it was he himself who intruded into the woman's alone place, disturbing her elegant playing, or making the woman feel dissatisfied.

Seeing that Guo Nuan had been discovered, it would be extremely rude to turn around and leave at this time, she gritted her teeth and made up her mind.

Now that she has been discovered, the young master will not let her look down on her. She misunderstood her as a disciple who only hides in the dark and peeps. Guo Nuan thought for a moment and then stopped hesitating.

After making up his mind, Guo Nuan casually tidied up his clothes, and his original look of brother pig seeing a beautiful woman suddenly changed into a calm demeanor, and Mr. Pianpian smiled and walked over gracefully.

"Cough, hello, dear lady!" Guo Nuan coughed dryly, raised her chin slightly as she walked on the steps of the pavilion, then stretched her chest with one hand, bowed deeply, and gracefully became an English gentleman present.

The woman in front of her was a little dazed at Guo Nuan's strange salute, she looked down at Guo Nuan at the bottom of the steps from the pavilion, her beautiful eyes suddenly narrowed, and the corners of her eyes frowned slightly.

"What are you doing here?"

The woman gently opened her vermilion lips, and slowly uttered a cold word from her white teeth.

Guo Nuan didn't realize that there was something wrong with these words, and didn't appreciate the special chill contained in the tone of voice. He casually climbed up a few steps, stepped into the pavilion, pulled up his sexy thin lips and smiled, and leaned slightly closer to the beauty Yuyan.

Guo Nuan said hippie: "I have nothing to do. I was wandering around the mansion. I happened to pass by the green bamboo forest. Suddenly I heard the sound of a girl's Tian Lai hole flute in the forest. I know a little about flute playing. I am happy to hear the sound, so I won't do it." What, you came here uninvited, I hope the girl will forgive me for the crime of breaking in."

Guo Nuan turned around suddenly, looking at the swaying bamboo waves in the distance from the railing, made a light and elegant attitude, and then said slowly and seriously:

"Miss flute skills are superb, the sound of the flute is pure and clear, and I feel it... But, just now, I heard that you played a piece of music, and there was a mistake in the repetition.

Repetition is a kind of fast ornamental rhythm. Even if you are a master at playing flute, about ten out of ten people will play repertoire as apposite.

The second tone above the original tone does not take up time value. ． ．Guo Nuan is a master of bamboo flute, so she is very accurate in grasping this small mistake.

Guo Nuan narrowed her eyes and smiled, quickly closed the paper fan in her hand, turned around and smiled at the silent woman, and then said:

"When playing overlapping notes, the finger movement of the first note is synchronized with the beat of the second note, and people can only feel its existence, which is very mysterious. This technique subtly enriches the relationship between the two notes , so that the two sounds are separated and inseparable, forming a pleasant rhythm, which is called the vibrato of Dongxiao.

Seeing the woman bowed her head in deep thought and said nothing, Guo Nuan was amazed by his superb musicality when she saw her.

At this time, Guo Nuan couldn't help but feel a little flustered. Picking up girls is usually a little arrogant when facing top-quality beauties. Men must hold the field to survive, and they need to shock each other with their talents.

In order to show her greater talents, Guo Nuan stepped up her offensive. She was about to lament the charm of nature elegantly, and she was going to steal a good line from a Tang poem in the late Tang Dynasty, so as to shock the beauties around her and admire him with admiration.

Just as Guo Nuan was putting on a pose, frowning, and pretending to be brooding, he didn't know that the woman behind her had lost her cold look, and she showed her face charmingly and sneered softly.

Then he whispered to Guo Nuan's back, "It seems that you really don't know who is standing in front of you."

"Young master just said that you know a little bit about playing the flute. I really admire the reason just said. The musician who taught me in the past also pointed out the lack of the little girl's vibrato.

The master once said that the sound of the little girl's flute has reached the top level, except for the flaws in the vibrato playing, it is difficult for non-masters to hear it.However, there is still a distance from the realm of the master of playing Xiao, and it is not enough time... Now that I heard what the young master said, the little girl really admired it. "

The woman swept away Guo Nuan's unhappiness in breaking into the bamboo forest just now, smiled softly and nodded, expressing her agreement with what Guo Nuan said.

Guo Nuan couldn't help but feel a little flustered when he heard the beauty's praise, and was about to publish a list of words.Immediately, the woman suddenly changed her color, became serious, stared at Guo Nuan's eyes, and said calmly:

"The theory of music is very profound and philosophical. I wonder if the young master can play the hole flute so that the little girl can hear it?"

Guo Nuan's originally lightly smiling face suddenly changed, and she thought to herself, the change of this woman's mind is very difficult to predict, one moment it was sunny, and the next moment it turned into gloomy.

"Why, the young master doesn't want to present a song to the little girl. Could it be that he dislikes the little girl's hoarse voice and doesn't bother to communicate with her?"

Guo Nuan's handsome face came into view, and it changed into a charming color, sweet and charming, as if full of temptation.

The two are relatively close at hand, and the fragrance of the woman's virginity comes leisurely, refreshing the heart and spleen.Guo Nuan was not aware of the woman's sudden move, lost her composure and took a step back, almost fell backwards, just happened to be blocked by the handrail of the pavilion, the young master's unrestrained attitude was completely lost, it was just an ugly look.

"Ahem, since the girl has repeatedly asked, then I will not be modest, and I would like to play a song on the spot."

When Guo Nuan saw the woman repeatedly asking questions, she didn't let the other party underestimate him, and she didn't hesitate.

Guo Nuan straightened his face, regained his solemn appearance, slowly stretched out his right hand, stretched out his palm to ask the woman, and spit out a word: "Xiao"