Idle courtiers

Chapter 251 The Most Talented Woman of the Ming Dynasty
At the end of the 40th year of Jiajing in the Ming Dynasty, a collection of words called "Drinking Water Collection" became popular among intellectuals in the capital, which included more than a dozen poems.

The books are made of high-quality Xuancheng sprinkled gold cooked Xuanxuan, and are wrapped in blue cloth bookcases, and the binding is extremely exquisite.Of course, the price is not cheap, each book is worth one tael of silver.

The prices of books in the Ming Dynasty were very flexible, and there was no standard.Expensive ones such as the "Four Books" published by Da Nei Nei Shutang can sell for ten taels of silver each; cheap ones are novel books that are thrown away after reading it in the market, less than a penny, if you think this kind of book is not worth it Spend money to buy, and you can also rent it back to enjoy yourself, and it only costs three to five big children every day.

The publications of Neishutang are reference books, which can be collected and passed on to future generations; the reason why novels in the market are cheap is because they are just fast-moving goods used to relieve boredom.There are reasons why you are expensive, and there are reasons why you are cheap.

But this "Collection of Drinking Water" is totally unreasonable for one tael of silver.

First of all, ordinary people in the Ming Dynasty were busy all year round, and they saved a whole family of food and drink, and only saved three or four taels of silver. Is it necessary to spend so much money to buy a collection of poetry?
No matter how you look at it, if such a book is published, the bookstore will lose its pants.

However, he casually flipped through the title page of the book.However, it is full of flattering words from celebrities in the cultural circles of this dynasty, and they simply boast that the author is the number one poet in the world, and the person who will be the leader in the literary circles of the Ming Dynasty in the next few decades.

Readers seem to understand something: this should be a self-financed publication used by a certain big shot to boost his status, right?

A gentleman has three immortalities: Lide, meritorious service, and speech.

The so-called "the highest is the establishment of virtue, the second is the meritorious service, and the second is the establishment of the word. Although it will not be abandoned for a long time, this is called immortality."

Lide, such things as virtue are too illusory, too free to prove; for meritorious service, you are not an official to a minister of the ministry, a general in command of the army, dare to call it a meritorious service?
It's easy to make a statement, as long as you want money, contact a bookstore and spread the money.Put down the burden, start the printing machine, and print as much as you want.

Therefore, the intellectuals of this dynasty, who had a wealthy family, had read books for ten years and written a few articles, dared to publish a book for themselves, and gave it to anyone they saw, or put it on their desks to show their guests.

It's not surprising to see a lot.

But the strange thing is that other people printed this kind of pure literature books that are destined to lose money, and few of them are sold in bookstores. Most of them communicate in small circles, entertain themselves, and praise each other.This man named Jiu Gongzi has the confidence to exchange poems for money. Who gave him the courage?
When a bookstore publishes a book, it usually puts up a sign at the door of the store, stating who the author of the book is, what writings he has written, what is the content of the book, and what are the selling points, which can be regarded as a kind of advertising promotion.

The sign reads Jiu Gongzi's profile.

Readers take a closer look and can't help being shocked.It turned out that the author turned out to be a woman, and she was a lady from a distinguished family.

It said that the ninth son, surnamed Xu, was the granddaughter of Xu Jie, the second assistant of the cabinet at that time. She was fourteen years old and had a beautiful face.Since Xiaoshi, he has been studying under the guidance of his grandfather, and he is familiar with poetry and books.He even came to the capital from Songjiang, traveled all over half of China, and has extraordinary knowledge.

On weekdays, people who make friends are either the first-class cultural celebrities in the current dynasty, or rising stars.The poems written are timeless and beautiful, and no one is dissatisfied. Everyone in the world praises and says: Zhongling is beautiful, she is the most talented woman in my Ming Dynasty.

The cowhide is so big, but let's see how she writes it?
When I saw this, I couldn't move my eyes away.

"If life is just as first seen, what's the matter with the autumn wind and sad painting fan? It's easy to change but the old people's hearts, but the old people's hearts are changeable."

Elegant and graceful, with a strong sense of sadness and beauty, the style is high and the rhyme is far away, it is really good.

"Remnant snow condenses the brilliance of the cold painting screen. The plum flute has been on the third watch. There is no one in the moonlight." It seems that there is an affectionate, affectionate, and sensitive man in it.Filled with sorrow, I turned around only to realize that I was so pitiful that even crying seemed worthless.

As for poetry, Tang and Song Dynasties were the peak.After the Song Dynasty, the Yuan Dynasty was Sanqu, and the Ming and Qing Dynasties were the era of novels.Firstly, times have changed, and so have the types of literature; secondly, in the Tang and Song Dynasties, it can be said that all the poems that should be written have been written.

As far as the first-class poems of this era are concerned, Huanghuang Daming also produced Yang Shen, who wrote a poem "Rolling the Yangtze River to the east, and the waves scour the heroes."

As for the later seven sons, with all due respect, if you search for chapters and quotes, you are an old idiot, and you are only worthy of carrying shoes for Yang Shen, not for the ninth son.

A great writer must write the most beautiful chicken soup for the soul, with the most beautiful face.

The extremely beautiful and lingering poems, the fourteen beauties from famous families, are the hottest selling points in any era.

As soon as "Drinking Water Collection" came out, Luoyang paper was expensive.

People in the upper echelons of the capital were all curious about the political purpose of Xu Ge's granddaughter who suddenly published such a book, so they naturally wanted to buy a copy and ponder it carefully.Then deliberate every word under the oil lamp and candle, circle the dots, and write down your own experience.

In the brothel, it is a different scene. In the final analysis, the words in ancient times are songs, and they can be sung directly without composing music.The contents of Jiu Gongzi's poems are boudoir resentment, divorce, and death, and they are about the love between men and women, which is simply tailor-made for this kind of romantic scene where men and women love each other.

For a while, all the women in brothels all over the city waved their five strings and chanted Qingge slowly: "Lishan dialect is half past midnight, and tears and rain and zero bells will never complain. How about Bao Xingjin Yilang, who will wish for the day."

"One generation and one couple in a lifetime, fighting to teach two places of ecstasy. Lovesickness looks at each other but does not have a blind date, and the sky is for whom."

It is true that Xu Ci is sung wherever there is well water.

As for ordinary scholars, the largest consumer group of this book, after reading it, they will cover their pages and sigh: "The talent is so high, my generation is not as good as it, and I am ashamed to kill my man."

There are even scholars who have no ambitions, read a passage of Fengyue Shuer, and read a passage of Xu Ci.There are many thoughts in my heart: people say that Miss Xu Xujiu is as beautiful as a fairy, and she is so talented.The most wonderful thing is that the wife is still in the boudoir. If you get a wife like this, it will be a pity in life!No, Xiaosheng must cheer up.In the spring of the next year, he must win the first prize in the examination and marry Miss Xu Jiu.

When it comes to the title of the gold list, the wedding night in the bridal chamber is the highest ideal of life for ancient scholars, and it is also the eternal theme of literary works.

Immediately, the scholars all made the great wish of "hanging their lives for a lifetime".I want to throw away the idle books in my hands and study the Four Books and Five Classics.

But how can I lose it.

Unknowingly indulging in the beautiful poetry, sitting alone in the study and being a wife, this situation is not known to outsiders.

I don't know where the love came from, but as it went deeper and deeper, I shouted: "Young Master Ninth, I am willing to go for the king's family!"

At the same time, a major case occurred in Shuntian Mansion that alarmed Jinghua.

After meeting the Ninth Young Master, a young lady from a rich family wanted to stay with him but could not get it, so she died for love.

The family refused to comply, and reported to Daxing County.

He sued Xu Cifu's nine sons for seducing his own daughter, but he ended up in chaos.

The thing is, Ah Jiu was grounded a few days ago and sent to another hospital to do hard labor.Because Zhou Nan presented the plan to rebuild the Renshou Palace, Xu Jie's family was extremely grand, and she could be regarded as a meritorious service.Not only regained her freedom, but also restored her treatment as a lady in the mansion.

Under Xu Cifu's intervention, Monk Kong, the master of "Baoguo Temple" in Yanqing Prefecture, finally got his freedom, and the nine sons received the gift as promised.

This is the largest income Ah Jiu has obtained in his life, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is the first pot of gold.

The ninth son loves money, and when he got the money this time, he thought of buying a house and land for his mother's pension, and took her out of the mansion to support her for the rest of her life.

So, she asked her uncle to help her see if there was any suitable house and land.

I really found this search, and it is said that there is a middle-class family named Tu in Fangshan County, the capital city, because the children in the family need money to study, and they want to buy a yard and [-] mu of land, but the price is a bit high, and life and death cannot be negotiated. .

It turned out that since the imperial court stopped the Qing Zhang Jingshi from hiding the imperial property, the clan finally felt relieved and began to annex land again.After being fired by them like this, the land property in the capital rose sharply, one price per day.

With nothing to do, Young Master Jiu started a long negotiation with the Tu family.After going back and forth, I became familiar with them.

There is a daughter in the Tu family who has read Jiu Gongzi's book and fell in love with her poems.Hearing that Ah Jiu was coming, I couldn't help running to meet him.

But seeing this Ninth Young Master dressed as a scribe, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, handsome and upright, he is really a dragon and a phoenix among men, with a heart like a deer bumping around, he couldn't help but secretly narrated his heartfelt songs.

Ninth Young Master was horrified: "Is this woman crazy? I am also a woman. Can a woman and a woman be together?" Although he was very moved, he still refused cruelly.

From then on, Ms. Tu didn't think about food or tea, and read "Drinking Water Collection" all day long, crying and laughing suddenly, and her vital signs were unstable.

On this day, I heard the maid said that the wintersweet flowers in the yard were blooming, and remembering that Jiugong loved to write plum blossoms, I asked someone to help me out to see them.

Seeing the numerous flowers, Ms. Tu chanted: "Ice muscles and bones are bestowed by the sky, and at the same time it is also desolate. Pity the remote night, the cold smoke and the moon, and the sparse shadows on the horizontal window."

Then he smiled sadly: "Why are you a daughter? Xu Lang, Xu Lang, how can you bear it?" He spit out a mouthful of blood on the snow.

Xu Lang is not old, and the voice of hatred is gone, but his daughter is Gu Luan from Li Jing.

It's night, Miss Tu's fragrance disappears.

Now that she is, trouble begins.If it wasn't for the loyal servant Bai Qi's desperate resistance, the Ninth Young Master would be beaten to death immediately.

The Tu family refused to accept it and sued the Daxing County Government.

Daxing County didn't dare to accept the paper and transferred it to Shuntian Prefecture.Shuntian Mansion also found it difficult, and threw it directly to Xu Jie, Mr. Ge, this is a life, you old man can figure it out!

A collection of poems actually provoked a romantic affair of false phoenixes and false phoenixes, and even killed people.

Literature, high society, ladies and sisters of noble families, LGBT, favoritism... What a explosive news element this is.

Immediately, "Drinking Water Collection" was sold out.Zhu Congchi's hand cramped up counting money, and he asked the workers to work overtime to start printing the second edition, planning to make a fortune by following this hot spot.

No matter what, the title of Ninth Young Master, the number one talented woman in Ming Dynasty, has been well established.

By the way, she is also recognized in the LGBT circle as the number one handsome and handsome man in Ming Dynasty.

(End of this chapter)