Great Wei Overlord

Chapter 89 The Princess of the Former Dynasty
Chapter 092

Before the imperial examination system, it was very difficult to suppress the gentry.When Ran Ming didn't have enough strength, he couldn't challenge the authority of the family at all.

He wanted to rely on the family he was attached to, but as a latecomer, Ran Ming clearly knew that the family did not have a good thing. These people are selfish and selfish, and they are not worth it at all wherever the wind blows. entrust.

The first step for Ran Ming is to build a school. It is not difficult to build a school, and it is not difficult to recruit children from poor families. It only takes more than ten years to train a mediocre person into a talented person with both ability and political integrity. Not too difficult.

The most difficult thing is the money problem.

Building school buildings requires money, purchasing teaching aids, preparing pens, ink, paper and inkstone, and hiring teachers also requires money. Of course, those poor students who cannot afford to eat also need money to support them.

A penny can stump a hero.What Ran Ming lacked was not a penny, but an astronomical figure.When entering the school, those disheveled students will definitely have to give out at least four sets of clothes for two summers and two winters. The four sets of clothes are not high according to the market value. They cost about 500 to 40 yuan. Ran Ming plans to recruit 50 people This requires [-] to [-] dollars.

Besides, the cost of food is actually quite a lot. A half-grown child can eat at least five or even six shi of grain a year, and 500 people need [-] shi.

Of course, this is the future of Wei, the flowers of the motherland, Ran Ming can't let them just eat, but also have vegetables, nutritious, and meat.One item of expenses alone requires 700 million yuan a year, and one gold can be exchanged for about [-] yuan. Other miscellaneous expenses also require at least a thousand gold coins.

What's more, Ran Ming also plans to send his "Sky Eye" members to learn cultural knowledge together. Calculated in this way, the annual expenditure is about [-] gold.

Not to mention the tight finances of the Wei State, even if it was replaced by the Jin Dynasty, this would be a considerable burden.If it was Ran Min, Ran Min would definitely be scared off by the huge financial pressure of running a school.

However, Ran Ming is not worried at all!
He started raising funds!It should be quite difficult for others to come, but for Ran Ming, it is not a problem at all.It is Ran Ming's strong point to make use of his own favorable resources and make use of them to create wealth!
Among the one hundred court ladies, there are only a few who are not good at singing, dancing and musical instruments.Ran Ming gathered the remaining 90 maids, and more than [-] young women rushed out from various rooms in the backyard.Surrounded by Ran Ming, they chattered non-stop.Ran Ming rubbed his nose, why does this seem like the old bustard giving lectures to prostitutes?
However, Ran Ming not only wants to help Ran Ming stabilize the family in Yecheng, but also wants to keep a low profile.However, Ran Ming was in the middle of a hundred flowers, felt the provocative eyes of those beautiful ladies around him, and immediately felt refreshed!
Ran Ming stretched out his hand to stop the whispering of the maids, then coughed and said, "I wrote a short poem, and I want someone to sing it out. I don't know who among you can sing it?"

Almost all of these more than 90 maids said they could sing.

Ran Ming was not too polite, and said in his slightly immature voice: "Ask what love is in the world, and teach life and death to agree." A "Yanqiu Ci" came out ahead of schedule!
At this time, among the Gong'e crowd, there was a Gong'e with a pretty face like jade, an elegant demeanor and a bit of charm under her smile, holding a Ji Qin in her hand. Made, in fact, to put it bluntly, it is the prototype of the erhu of later generations!It is a traditional Chinese musical instrument.This Gong'e has a very good memory and extraordinary intelligence.

She was able to memorize Yanqiu's Ci after listening to it once, and what's even more commendable is that she actually composed the lyrics and music for this Ci on the spot!

I saw the fingers of her left hand beating flexibly, and the right hand was pulling the bow, and the unique erhu melody, which was sad and melodious and penetrated into people's hearts, came out slowly.

Under her hands, Ji Qin seemed to have life, stomping, jumping, trembling, and throwing the bow. In the sound of Ji Qin, it was like wild geese whining in the air.She then slowly sang the complete Yanqiu lyrics. In her singing, it seemed that there was a poignant and touching picture of a pair of wild geese inseparable.

Gradually the voice became low and low, and the ladies present were already crying.

Ran Ming didn't feel emotional, after all he was used to this poem.For this Gong'e, Ran Ming really can't describe it in words. He is so excited at this moment. This is a talent, a superb talent. Just relying on her ability to compose music on the spot at any time, even Zhang Di, the ghostly singer of later generations, Can't compare!The talented singer Zhang Di compiled the live problem into lyrics and sang it. In fact, it is a problem of escort distribution. As long as he is familiar with this technique, many people can solve it. Even top-tier musicians in future generations will not be able to do it!
Ran Ming walked up to this maid and asked, "What's your name?"

"My family's name is Xue Nu!"

Ran Ming was very surprised. It is not surprising that women do not have names in this era, but what is strange is that she does not have a surname.Ran Ming asked, "What's your last name?"

"I don't know!"

At this time, an older Gong'e said: "I do know a little about Xue Nu's life experience!"

"Oh!" Ran Ming said, "What kind of background is that?"

The elder Gong'e said: "Xue Nu is actually the daughter of Liu Xi, the former prince of Zhao. When the former Zhao was destroyed, more than [-] former Zhao Wenwu ministers were captured to Xiangguo, and almost all of them were killed in the end. At that time, Xue Nu His father is the former Prince Zhao, his grandfather is the former Emperor Zhao Liu Yao, and his grandmother is Yang Xianrong!"

"What!" Ran Ming didn't know much about Liu Xi, but Yang Xianrong had a bit of an impression. This woman was extraordinary. She was not only Emperor Hui of the Jin Dynasty, the queen of that idiot emperor, but also after Luoyang was captured.Yang Xianrong was captured by Liu Cong together with Emperor Huai Sima Chi and Empress Liang Lanbi. Yang Xianrong was made queen by Liu Cong. After Liu Can died, Liu Yao became the emperor, and he still set up a sheep to present his face as the queen!This is a strange woman who has been the queen of two countries and five dynasties six times in her life!
The only thing that can be compared with Yang Xianrong is Yang Guang's Empress Xiao in the Sui Dynasty.

For Liu Xue, Ran Ming not only expressed sympathy, but also a little regret, she is so talented!

"It's you!" Ran Ming didn't give up his plan because he sympathized with Liu Xue's experience, but accelerated his pace of action!

At this time, Ran Ming called the guard Zhang Tao.

Ran Ming said: "You can do one thing for me now!" "Then Ran Ming whispered in Zhang Tao's ear!

After talking about these things, Ran Ming made a big fanfare and prepared more than [-] luxury carriages.Horse carriages in this era are actually like private cars in later generations, they are a status symbol. Ran Ming searched for more than [-] horse carriages in Yecheng, and rented almost all the carriages from all the carriage shops in Yecheng.

Ran Ming asked people to remove the walls of the carriage, and then filled the carriage with fresh flowers and picked silk, making it look like a float.

More than [-] luxury carriages came out of Chu Palace one after another.Go all the way through Qili's main street and come to Huairenfang.

Along the way, Ran Ming saw a lot of young people from aristocratic families with angry horses in fresh clothes and lackeys, but Ran Ming just looked at them coldly, and secretly said: "I'll let you guys bleed later!"

At this moment, a rich family man on the street said: "Do you know? There is a beautiful concubine in the Prince of Chu's mansion. It is rumored that a big man wants to exchange ten thousand gold for this beautiful concubine. But he was rejected by His Highness the King of Chu." !"

"Wan Jin, what about bragging? If you have a huge sum of money, you don't want to buy thousands of beauties. One of them a day will sleep for ten or eight years!"

"Don't you know that? It is said that this beautiful concubine is the princess of the previous dynasty!"

"Princess!"

As soon as this person came out, the people around were silent.What is the identity of the princess.

The servant said again: "It is said that His Royal Highness the King of Chu is going to hold the World Oiran Competition!"

"What is the Oiran Contest?"

"It is to choose who is the most beautiful woman in the world!"

Of course, this news was released by Ran Ming, borrowing the views of later generations, this is called creating momentum!

Just to build momentum for Liu Xue, Ran Ming is going to make Liu Xue, a talented girl, the hottest prostitute of this era!See clearly that prostitutes are not prostitutes, they are the kind of entertainers who sell their lives but not their bodies, not the entertainment stars of later generations who sell their bodies but not their bodies!

In the end, the house that the float arrived at was a courtyard covering an area of ​​[-] to [-] mu, only slightly smaller than Ran Ming's Chu Palace.

In the square courtyard, the walls of blue tiles undulate like waves. The flowers and trees, small pavilions, rockery and flowing water in the courtyard are surrounded by carved railings, like a wealthy family.People who have lived in Yecheng for a long time know that this place actually has a lot of background. It used to be the residence of King Qi of Wei State, that is, the residence of Li Nong!

Li Nong was unwilling to betray Hou Zhao and conspired to rebel, so he was convicted and punished by the three clans, so the house was confiscated and owned by officials.Ran Ming applied to Ran Min and got this house for free!
After Ran Ming obtained this house, he immediately asked people to find craftsmen on the street to rebuild the house. Ran Ming asked people to tear down the gate of the house and repair the front hall that can accommodate three to four hundred people. Enter the extension to make it an 400-seat hall!Build a large stage in the hall.

This was rebuilt and named Mulan Pavilion!
Of course, Ran Ming couldn't just plagiarize one poem from Yanqiu, he also prepared many classic poems, and planned to rebuild Ran Ming's entertainment empire in this era!
However, after the news of Ran Ming holding the Oiran Competition came out, he accidentally annoyed Chen Yan.

Chen Yan was the descendant of Chen Shi, a famous scholar in the Eastern Han Dynasty. The Chen family in Yingchuan was also a well-known family in the world, with strong family resources. Although Chen Yan was recommended as an official by the Zheng family, the governor of Luozhou, he entered Yecheng as the Minister of the Zuo Min of the Wei Kingdom.

Chen Yan said angrily: "Huangkou kid, you are not ashamed to speak big, with my Xiaowan here, who dares to be the best in the world?"

(End of this chapter)