Chapter 1144 Postscript 1 This Ming Dynasty is a bit strange
Chapter 1144 Postscript 1·This Ming Dynasty is a bit strange
Xie Yan sat cross-legged on the bed and looked up at the top of the mosquito net.
Covered by a mosquito net, there was a large carved bed, which seemed to be worth a lot of money.
Did I travel through time?
Xie Yan looked down at his clothes again, which looked a bit like a shirt. The material was very good and felt very smooth, as if it was made of silk.
Xie Yan was a little confused.
He was an ordinary essayist from a small town. He didn't understand anything when he filled out his application form for the college entrance examination. I don't know where his father found an expert, and he analyzed everything and filled in the civil engineering field in a confused way.
During my internship, I happened to catch up with the last wave of real estate boom, and prices were rising all over the country to reduce inventory. Although the salary was low despite the hard work, Xie Yan could still see hope after all.
In the second year after he became a full-time construction worker, the epidemic hit.
Xie Yan took off his construction clothes, took off his safety helmet, put on a yellow robe full of grievances, and taught himself programming while delivering food, planning to transform from an honorable worker to an equally honorable farmer.
Coders are also farmers.
It's obvious that the food delivery guys don't have much time to study, so they are too tired to ride on their electric donkeys.
During the epidemic, Xie Yan read a lot of online novels, including historical novels. But with his historical knowledge, he was not qualified to compete with others online.
So, which dynasty is this?
He touched the top of his head and saw that his hair was still there, so it probably wasn't the Qing Dynasty.
Xie Yan looked everywhere for his clothes, but couldn't find them on the bed. He opened the mosquito net and found a pair of slippers on the low coffee table in front of the bed.
It's short and long, so it shouldn't be a coffee table, right?
Xie Yan picked up the slippers and examined them carefully. They were similar to modern styles. The soles were made of layers of hemp rope, and there was actually a layer of leather on the contact surface of the heels. It seemed that the family he had traveled through time was very wealthy.
There is a high stool next to the bed, and a set of clothes on the stool.
Not only were the clothes folded neatly, but the coat was placed on the bottom layer, making it easy for him to pick up the top layer and put it on.
This thing also looks a bit like a shirt.
So what I'm wearing are pajamas?
As expected of a wealthy family in ancient times, they were so particular about their clothes.
After studying for a long time, Xie Yan put it on layer by layer. He was a self-taught person and actually put it on correctly, as if he still retained some of the daily habits of this body.
He didn't know much about Hanfu and couldn't recognize what these clothes were called.
The coat doesn't even have buttons, it's a bit like a silk windbreaker. It can be worn open, and there are ropes at the waist to tie it up.
After getting dressed, Xie Yan began to walk around the bedroom, and a floor-to-ceiling mirror caught his attention.
Was there such a big glass mirror in ancient times?
Xie Yan suddenly remembered the content in the novel. It seemed that ancient glass mirrors contained mercury.
There must be so much mercury in such a big mirror that it can poison someone!
At this moment, Xie Yan saw another clock.
It's not the Qing Dynasty, and there is a clock. It must have been brought by missionaries in the late Ming Dynasty.
Late Ming Dynasty?
Xie Yan was stunned for a moment. Dorgon was not going to kill him soon, was he?
Damn!
Xie Yan could no longer care about his parents who missed him in another time and space. A fear of the known history enveloped his whole body. All he wanted to know now was whether he was in the south or the north, and whether the emperor at this moment was Wanli or Chongzhen.
Based on his knowledge of the history of the Ming Dynasty, he could only remember Wanli and Chongzhen in the late Ming Dynasty. He knew that there were two emperors in between, but he had forgotten the names of their reigns.
Hey, between Wanli and Chongzhen, were there two or three emperors?
Xie Yan faced the clock and thought hard for a long time, and finally remembered a carpenter emperor. It seemed to be his brother Chongzhen, whose name was Tianqi.
Damn it, I can neither govern a country nor lead an army to fight, so why did I travel to the late Ming Dynasty?
When the Eight Banners soldiers arrived, they surrendered immediately and counted the ball.
But in novels written in the late Ming Dynasty, those Eight Banners soldiers burned, killed, looted, and often even spared the surrendered gentry.
"Eaaah!"
The bedroom door was pushed open, and a girl came in with medicine, shouting in surprise: "Can you go to the ground now?"
"Who are you……"
As soon as he uttered these two words, Xie Yan suddenly shut up.
He found that what he said and what the girl said were not Mandarin, and he didn't know where the dialect came from.
The girl put the tray down, picked up the medicine bowl and blew on it again and again.
Xie Yan looked at no one outside the house and asked tentatively: "What's wrong with me?"
The girl sighed: "Master, don't you still remember things? You and the Zhang family's eldest son went out on the street and were hit by a car rushing out. You have been drinking medicine for the past few days, and you are so confused that you don't even recognize your family."
"oh."
Xie Yan felt relieved for a moment, not afraid of being suspected if he said something wrong, and asked again: "What year is this year? Well... I mean the year number."
"What happened in the third year of Jiaqing?" the girl answered casually.
Xie Yan automatically replaced Jiajing, and a smile suddenly appeared on his face.
He knew that Jiaqing was a cousin of Emperor Zhengde. He had read "The Ming Dynasty 1566" and it was still early before the Qing army entered the country at the end of the Ming Dynasty.
After thinking about it, Xie Yan felt something was strange. The one in the TV series seemed to be called Jiajing.
Jiajing, Jiajing, every house is clean.
After thinking hard, Xie Yan finally realized that Emperor Jiaqing seemed to be Cixi's husband.
That’s not right. Isn’t Cixi’s husband Daoguang?
Xie Yan was suddenly shocked. Jiaqing should be the emperor of the Qing Dynasty. He has hair on his head, so he is not making trouble in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom right now, right? He is probably a son of a wealthy family in the territory of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.
It was the end of the Qing Dynasty, so it’s no wonder that such a large glass mirror appeared.
But it's still wrong. If it was the territory of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, this maid should answer Hong Xiuquan's reign name.
The girl watched Xie Yan finish the medicine, then picked up the bowl and walked out, saying, "Mr. Sir, please don't wander around. I'll go and inform Madam."
Xie Yan's mind was completely confused now, because he thought of Xianfeng again. It seemed that it was Emperor Xianfeng who suppressed the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.
So, who is Cixi’s husband?
Xie Yan walked to the window in a daze. There was a writing table with the four treasures of the study and a few books on it.
He glanced at the cover of the top book and saw the four characters "Travel in Australia" printed on it.
It's over, it's indeed the Qing Dynasty, and it's still the late Qing Dynasty.
Otherwise, how would the Ming Dynasty know about Australia?
But who was Emperor Jiaqing, the last emperor of the Qing Dynasty? Was he Cixi's husband?
Xie Yan began to regret choosing science. If he had studied liberal arts, he would have known.
He opened the book and read it. The author was Xia Changyong. Xie Yan had no impression of this person.
See the preface: "In the eleventh year of Dingtai's reign, I went to Nanyang at the invitation of a friend..."
Seeing this, Xie Yan was stunned. What was the reign of Dingtai?
Was there an Emperor Dingtai in the Qing Dynasty?
I won’t travel to an imaginary world, right?
There were hurried footsteps outside, and a middle-aged woman walked in. When she saw her, she said with joy on her face: "Rokuro, you can finally walk around! Where does your body still hurt? Does your brain still hurt?"
Xie Yan immediately covered his forehead: "I still have a headache and can't remember anything."
The middle-aged woman quickly pulled him to sit down: "The doctor said that you suffered a head trauma, and he has given you injections and medicine to dissolve the congestion. Don't use your brain these days, and you will recover slowly. You don't remember anyone.
Already?"
Xie Yan looked like he was thinking, then he covered his head and said with a pained face: "I can't remember, I get a headache when I think about it."
The middle-aged woman was extremely distressed: "Oh, my poor son, if you can't remember it, don't think about it. When your father, your brother, and your sister come home in the evening, you can recognize him again at that time."
"Mom, I remember." Xie Yan said smoothly.
The middle-aged woman smiled and said, "Where did you learn to call me mother instead of mother?"
Xie Yan looked confused. In ancient times, wasn’t everyone called mother?
The mother and son chatted for a while, and Xie Yan probably figured out the situation at home.
He has a father who works, and he doesn’t know what he does.
The eldest brother stays in his hometown, this is not their hometown.
My second brother and sister are both studying in this city.
He is the third eldest child in the family, but among his cousins, he is the sixth eldest son, so his mother always calls him Liulang.
The mother was afraid that he would be tired, so she quickly took the others away, leaving a young boy to stay with him.
When the boy was fifteen or sixteen years old, his name was Wang Sheng.
Xie Yan asked: "Are you my book boy?"
Wang Sheng smiled and said: "I am Lang Jun's partner. My grandfather followed the old man and worked as a servant in the Xie family. I have also been Lang Jun's partner since I was a child. The book boy provides the elders with books and ink.
Those who grew up together are called partners."
Xie Yan became more and more confused: "Are partners just playing together?"
Wang Sheng said: "We play together and study together. The prime minister of the dynasty and his childhood friend studied together and became Jinshi together. This matter has become a good story. Lang Jun also made an agreement with me that we should also go together. Passed the imperial examination. Have you forgotten this?"
Xie Yan could only inquire cautiously, but fortunately Wang Sheng did not suspect anything.
In this seemingly imaginary world, people who were born as servants can also take the imperial examination, and to be a servant, they must sign a contract. The maximum term of the contract is five years, and it must be renewed when it expires.
However, in the past few decades, more and more people have been servants from generation to generation. Because they are easier to use over time, both employers and employees are willing to renew their contracts indefinitely, and even the next generation is also working as a servant in this family.
Of course, once a servant becomes a scholar, the master-servant contract must be terminated immediately, and the employer is not allowed to demand liquidated damages.
Therefore, there are some arrogant employers who do not allow their son's partner to take the imperial examination, no matter how good his studies are. This kind of matter can be litigated, and in principle the imperial examination is not allowed to be blocked, but in fact the government is too lazy to take care of it.
There are also some far-sighted employers who encourage their servants to take the imperial examinations, and even sponsor their servants to study for the imperial examinations.
Wang Sheng said: "There was still a quarrel in the newspapers some time ago. Moral people called for the outlawing of child labor. No employment contract should be signed under the age of twelve. They said that the situation of child labor in factories was miserable. They also wanted to outlaw domestic servants. , no one is allowed to employ children under the age of twelve at home.”
"Factory? Newspaper?"
Xie Yan's eyes lit up when he heard this: "Where is the newspaper?"
Wang Sheng said: "In Lang Jun's study."
Xie Yan shared a study room with his second brother and sister. Because he wanted to maintain privacy, he often took the books and ink back to his bedroom.
When he arrived at the study room, Xie Yan was instantly confused.
There is a "Map of the Territory of the Ming Dynasty" hanging on the wall!
Xie Yan turned around and asked, "What dynasty is this?"
"Great Ming Dynasty." Wang Sheng said.
Xie Yan asked again: "Which dynasty preceded the Ming Dynasty?"
"Song, Liao, Southern and Northern Dynasties." Wang Sheng said.
"What about further ahead?" Xie Yan asked.
Wang Sheng said: "Sui, Tang and Five Dynasties."
Xie Yan asked: "Where is the Yuan Dynasty?"
Wang Sheng asked back: "What Yuan Dynasty?"
“Have you ever heard of Genghis Khan Temujin?”
"No."
"Where's Yue Fei?"
"I know, the founding general and the prince of Hanoi."
"Where is Han Shizhong?"
"He is also the founding general and the Prince of Anning County."
"Are they all the founding generals of the Ming Dynasty?"
"Mr. Lang, I know you don't remember things. But after leaving home, the Founding Prince cannot talk casually."
After the Northern Song Dynasty came the Ming Dynasty, skipping the Southern Song Dynasty and Yuan Dynasty?
Xie Yan looked up at the "Map of the Territory of the Ming Dynasty" hanging on the wall. This Ming Dynasty is a bit strange!
