Ming Dynasty: I, Emperor Chongzhen, swear not to go to Meishan

Once the imperial calligraphy, quill pens and charcoal pens were introduced, they caused quite a stir and seemed to inject a bit of vitality into the dying and lifeless Ming Dynasty.

Not to mention the advantages of the imperial calligraphy, the quill pen and charcoal pen alone are enough to make all the readers in the world so excited that they cannot help themselves and shout loudly about the emperor's grace.

In ancient officialdom, calligraphy was a stepping stone, and seeing the calligraphy was like knowing the person. A paper full of crooked calligraphy would definitely be rejected by the teacher or examiner. Therefore, all scholars, even if your writing is not good, must practice it. A passable calligraphy hand.

Paper is expensive and can be replaced with wooden boards, bamboo boards and other things, but the writing brush is the only writing tool and cannot be replaced.

An ordinary writing brush costs dozens of pennies, or even one tael of silver. It is normal for dozens of writing brushes to break after a few years. This is a huge sum of money for poor students from poor families. expenditure.

A good wolf-hair brush requires hard-to-collect raw materials, high production costs, and a price of more than five taels of silver. A high-quality brush can even cost as much as forty or fifty taels of silver, and only rich people can afford it.

The raw materials for quill pens and charcoal pens are all over the place. They are simple and convenient to make at truly zero cost. They are not only smooth and fast when writing, but also have small characters, saving time and paper. They have truly benefited scholars all over the world. Why not? All the students from poor families in the world are grateful and call the Emperor's grace so great.

Imperial calligraphy, goose feather hard pens, and charcoal pens spread like the wind, and soon spread throughout the Ming Dynasty. Everyone rushed to copy and practice calligraphy. Naturally, it also spread to Li Zicheng's rebel camp and to the rebel general Li Yan. in the ears.

"This imperial calligraphy writing is smooth, fast, and convenient. It's really good. I didn't expect that since the founding of the People's Republic of China, the Zhu family has finally managed to come up with a decent one. It's a pity..." Li Yan sat at the simple desk, obsessed with making homemade goose feathers. I am copying and practicing calligraphy with a hard pen, as if talking to myself, or talking to my daughter-in-law, the red lady.

The red lady, who is also a general of the rebel army, stood aside happily, silently admiring her man practicing calligraphy.

It is said that men who work hard are the most attractive, and this is absolutely true. The red lady was fascinated at this moment. As for what Li Yan said, she didn't hear clearly at all.

The red lady didn't hear clearly, but Niu Jinxing, the military advisor who had just walked to the big tent, heard clearly.

"General Li, General Red, we have something to discuss with King Chuang." Niu Jinxing's eyes flashed with a cold look, which quickly disappeared. Then he coughed lightly, stood outside the tent and shouted loudly to inform Li Yan and Lady Hong. The couple went to the king's tent for a meeting.

"Madam, let's go." Li Yan was in the mood for practice. He reluctantly put down his homemade goose feather pen and went out of the tent with his wife Hong Niangzi to go to King Chuang's royal tent.

Li Yan praised and admired Emperor Chongzhen's original imperial calligraphy, goose feather pens and charcoal pens from the bottom of his heart. Of course, he admired him. He was a general of the rebel army and Chongzhen's mortal enemy. If he could kill Chongzhen head, he will never frown.

Li Yan wanted to cut off Chongzhen's head. He didn't know that Zhu Youjian was summoning the poor scholar Wu Buwei, so he dug a hole for him, and he didn't know that his unintentional words would bring disaster to his life.

Wu Buwei's paper "On the Situation of the Kaifeng War" attracted Zhu Youjian's attention. Taking the time to summon him to the palace to discuss the matter was another test for Wu Buwei.

"I know that the current situation is not good, and I know that good advice is hard to hear, but I can listen to it. Just feel free to say it boldly. If you are wrong, I will forgive you."

After chatting for a while, Zhu Youjian knew that Wu Buwei was scrupulous and even a little scared. He was worried that if he said the wrong thing, he would be dragged out and beheaded. He was careful when speaking and obviously had reservations. He simply made it clear and let Wu Buwei dispel his worries. .

"The Ming Dynasty is now in turmoil due to internal and external troubles... Although the rebel armies of Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong are powerful, they are restrained by Governor Sun. If the court can provide sufficient support, it is only a matter of time before the rebel army is wiped out... The real strong enemy of the Ming Dynasty is the Qing people... …”

Wu Buwei is very smart. Since the emperor has already said this, if he still has reservations, he is ignorant of praise.