Three hundred and ninetieth chapters sharp as a knife
How dare you scold Ah Shou and my eldest brother? Zhu Ying's eyebrows stood up. According to her violent temper in the past, she might just kick open the thin wall and break through the wall to find trouble. However,
At this moment, she took a deep breath and secretly warned herself that the guests she wanted to invite and the audience she wanted to attract had not yet arrived, so she could not start the show early alone.
Just be patient for a moment...then beat these bitches to death later!
The Taiping Tower under Heaven was built in the early years of Taizu. Because it was adjacent to Qipan Street, there were always a lot of civil servants coming and going at first. And because Taizu taught you not to talk to others about anything, all the boxes were separated by wooden walls, which was completely inconvenient.
Soundproofing, if the noise is too noisy, the people next door can knock on the wall to protest. Of course, there are also those with bad tempers who just rush in and scold me. As time goes by, the officials will stop coming.
It's natural to feel unhappy when someone next door scolds you, but to break in and argue with a group of scholars would be an even greater insult to your identity. As for barging in and only to find out it's a high-ranking official with a higher status than yourself, it's so embarrassing that you can't stand it.
Incidents, but it is not that they have never happened. Therefore, the most people in the Taiping Tower in the world are firstly scholars, and secondly... ladies!
The purpose of the scholars is to point out the country and promote literature, and then they are like thousands of households. Ladies... Nowadays, it is actually very popular to catch a son-in-law under the list, and a truly smart family will definitely not just look at the name under the list and pick it out.
Instead, the son-in-law would make a list of candidates for the examination early on, and select those with a high probability of becoming Jinshi and report them to the family head.
In order not to cause resentment, these ladies will naturally come here to see their future husbands before this happens - the reason why the word "we" is added is of course because they cannot be sure of that future husband at all.
Who is he?
The reason why Zhu Ying chose this place to invite people to a gathering was precisely because Princess Yongping often went in and out of this place - of course, Princess Yongping was not alone, she often accompanied the emperor who visited privately in disguise! Without the emperor, Chu Kuan would often come with him.
What she knew more clearly was that Princess Yongping's move was not for the purpose of looking for a future consort, but for the so-called selection of talents.
From this point of view, she always felt that Princess Yongping was eating the princess's meal and worrying about the prince's heart. She was too idle!
As for whether there would be any safety issues in such a public place, she also knew a piece of news that would make all the scholars here so excited that they would jump off the building.
The Taiping Tower of the World, with a plaque inscribed by Taizu himself, was not what it was claimed to the outside world. It was the property of private merchants who had worked hard to raise military expenses for Taizu. It was a royal property. This was what the emperor had told her personally. Otherwise, it was a royal property.
, there have been so many emperors in the capital, and often those who sit on the throne one after another are not the same people at all. How can this place exist again and again?
This building only exists. Even the wooden walls, which have never been soundproofed, remain the same and no one has ever changed them.
At this moment, Zhu Ying, who was sulking, suddenly heard a cough from outside. Immediately afterwards, the door curtain opened, and the boy who had come to deliver tea before came in with a smile on his face and delivered a pot.
Wine. Normally, Zhu Ying, who didn't like drinking, would just give it to the two guards standing next to her. But at this moment, she brought the wine bottle without thinking.
She filled a glass directly for herself, raised the glass and tilted her neck to drink it all. Then she was choked by the spicy taste and coughed several times. When she finally calmed down, she cursed angrily: "
Everyone talks about how to relieve worries, but only Du Kang, what’s so delicious about this spicy thing!”
Of course the young man knew who Zhu Ying was, and when he saw that she looked down upon the shochu in his shop that originated from Emperor Taizu, he just smiled and did not dare to say anything. However, the taxis next door who were drinking and mingling among each other
People, but some of them had sharp ears, suddenly shouted loudly.
"A few days ago, Lu Wan, the public school's wine-offering official, actually said that teachers and students in public schools would be banned from drinking in the future, and he said that drinking would cause trouble!"
"How can drinking cause trouble? The wonderful aroma of wine has given birth to countless talents and writers throughout the ages! Li Taibai called himself the Immortal of Drinking and wrote hundreds of poems about drinking. Su Dongpo asked about the blue sky about wine, and looked at the lake tower when he was drunk. Jiangge old days
He took the examination paper while drunk and won the top prize in one fell swoop, which is exactly what he was doing to select great talents for the country. Lu Wan is self-willed and has issued bans indiscriminately, which is simply a joke!"
"Grandpa Taizu, how could he have made the shochu in the army that is so praised by today's people if he didn't have a taste for things in the cup?"
Zhu Ying originally planned to endure it and wait until everyone had gathered before making a fuss, but after hearing this, she finally couldn't bear it any longer, and directly slapped the case and said angrily: "Let's forget about the poet Li Bai and the foodie Su Zizhan.
When Grandpa Taizu was here, he also appreciated their poems. But even if Old Man Jiang is the chief minister, he is only a minister of the Ming Dynasty. How can he dare to be compared with Grandpa Taizu?"
Her words were spoken with anger, and they were so clear and loud that not to mention the diners and drinkers from all over the Taiping Tower, even many passers-by downstairs heard it. It didn't matter if it involved the two great poets and writers who have passed away.
However, it happened to involve the Taizu of this dynasty, the current chief minister, at least Zhu Ying. The rooms next to each other fell silent in an instant.
Now that Zhu Ying was angry, she no longer cared about any plans. She smashed the wine cup she had just drank from, and ignored the young man's extremely painful expression and said angrily: "Who said that?"
Grandpa Taizu made soju, was it because he liked what was in the cup? At that time, the world was in chaos, and the food for making wine was all saved from military rations. How precious is that!"
"Grandpa Taizu made soju because there were too many soldiers injured in successive years of war. He hoped to get a higher purity liquor to disinfect the wounds of those soldiers so that the military doctors could bandage and treat the wounds later... Use your little bits
Drinking, having fun, and talking loudly to speculate on Grandpa Taizu's thoughts, you have simply lost your head!"
As if realizing that she had indeed made a slip of the tongue, the few scholars next door who had been talking loudly just now disappeared. However, just because they could pretend to be mute did not mean that Zhu Ying would let them go so easily.
"The first assistant, Mr. Jiangge, once marked the examination papers while drunk? And he won the first prize? Oh, why haven't I heard of it?"
"Do you know how many days it takes to mark examination papers? Do you know the rule of abstaining from alcohol during the marking period? The most important thing is that the number one scholar is never something that can be decided by just a pavilion elder or chief assistant. It must come from the Holy Inquisition
! Any pavilion elder who dares to overstep his authority and decide on the Three Cauldrons is committing treason, do you know that?"
If the temporarily mute scholars were just thinking about how to respond to the girl next door who was too eloquent, then when these questions came back to them, they suddenly even softened their breathing.
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However, the next moment, they all swallowed up their anger and suddenly exploded.
"You don't read history, you don't know history, you don't understand the rules of the examination room, you don't know the taboos of the court, but you are still here talking about judging the public school's wine sacrifice, the chief minister of the court? Just rely on what your school has taught you, you are ignorant and know only
It’s a waste of drinking and wasting food. This public school in Ming Dynasty had to be established!”
They were all scolded as trash. Even the guy who was scolded for talking nonsense at the beginning could no longer numb himself with the words that good men don't fight with women. The man was the first to snap, and then
Take the lead and go straight to the box next door.
However, as soon as he opened the curtain and saw the girl standing proudly in a bright red dress, who was so beautiful that people dared not look directly at her, his courage and boldness, which was aroused by the drunkenness, were suddenly reduced by half.
If the person who curses is a girl who can barely be regarded as a beauty, this is not surprising. After all, Taipinglou is an extraordinary place. But if the person who curses is a stunningly beautiful woman with a beautiful country, this is extraordinary.
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Because although there are many beauties in the entire capital, there are only a handful of beauties who can reach the level of causing disaster to the country and the people. And these beauties have a hot temper... You can know it without guessing!
Because that young lady is really notorious!
And when he stopped suddenly, several other scholars behind him who were also filled with righteous indignation were caught off guard. Because they had drunk a lot of wine, two of them bumped into him at this time, and the remaining three were also stunned because of their withdrawal.
Unable to catch up, he bumped into the two people in front. So, including the person in the front, all six of them staggered in.
When the people at the back saw Zhu Ying's face clearly, someone suddenly became drunk and shouted forgetfully: "Hey, she turned out to be a pretty little lady. May I ask which family she is from? What's her name? I don't mind.
You are sharp-tongued, so go and ask for your hand in marriage!"
As soon as he said these words, the scholar in front of him who immediately guessed who the other party was was immediately stunned, and all the wine in his stomach turned into cold sweat. Sure enough, as soon as he finished speaking, he heard Zhu Ying shouting sharply: "
Zhu Hong, slap your mouth for me!"
Zhu Hong agreed quickly, stepped forward, and slapped the red-faced drunkard hard.
However, as a martial arts practitioner, he has very good control over his strength - such things as deafening people's ears and breaking their heads will never happen - the strength is more concentrated on that mouth.
After the two loud slaps, the guy had clear fingerprints on his left and right cheeks, and his mouth was swollen.
"You don't even know the examination system. How dare you insult me, the Duke of Zhao, by talking nonsense? I'm blind to you!"
He told his origins directly, and saw that the stunned scholar's eyes were fixed, but the reactions of the others were mixed. Some were shocked and angry, some were afraid, and some even quietly moved back and planned to escape.
, Zhu Ying then sneered unceremoniously.
"Last time I was in Maliu Mountain, Cangzhou, I met a so-called magistrate. After he made a lofty speech, he was ridiculed by me, and he became angry and uttered evil words. I bet you pretentious guys are all the same!"
"Old Jiang's good wine means good stories, but Lu Jijiu's prohibition of alcohol means he is headstrong? Hey, ask all the people in the capital, who doesn't know that Lu Shangshu can be corrected if he knows his mistakes, and Jiang Ge will never repent!"
If we can say that when we were just quietly eavesdropping around other boxes, how many people were just gloating and watching the fun, then when Zhu Ying revealed her identity and then said these words, everyone was really shocked. Especially
The ordinary people downstairs watching...more accurately listening to the excitement were even more excited.
Sure enough, under Zhu Ying's explicit sarcasm, the unlucky guy who had just been slapped until his mouth was swollen and speechless could not speak, but a scholar mustered up the courage to say: "Lao Jiangge is in his position.
, but Lu Wan has already evaded his position and begged to leave. Isn’t it very clear what is right and what is wrong..."
Before he could finish his words, Zhu Ying sneered: "It turns out that those who cling to positions of power and refuse to leave are noble and upright, but those who take the initiative to resign are unforgivable? Furthermore, in the future, the company will
In the school, there are either teachers who are teaching or students who are studying. What kind of wine are they drinking? If you want to have the peerless literary talent of Li Taibai and Su Dongpo, you can go wild all over the world. Which public school should you go to? "
"There is nothing without rules. Even Da Sicheng and Shao Sicheng of the Imperial College are planning to implement a ban on alcohol during non-holidays in the Imperial College. Is this just self-willed? What is needed in an important school is a teacher who is a role model and conscientious. What is needed is hard work.
Diligent students who learn their skills well, if you have to drink a lot in the future, and you can't even control yourself for a while, how can you govern the country and bring peace to the world!"
"Also, don't you, a scholar, know the rules the most? Who gave you the courage to call Lu Jijiu by his first name? He is indeed no longer a minister, but he should be treated as a minister, and he was once a Jinshi. What about you?
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"If you don't respect someone who is a senior official, then you should at least respect someone who has been in the officialdom for decades and at least has some political achievements; if you don't respect someone who is older, then you should at least respect someone who is your senior in the examination room; you have learned all the books you have read and the etiquette you have learned.
Did it go to the dog?”
Zhu Hong and the other guard in the box couldn't help but look at each other. The eldest lady, who was always the most unruly and disrespectful of etiquette, now actually talked plausibly about etiquette and rules with a group of scholars? This was the sun rising in the west.
?
Or is it that the person who is close to red is red and the one who is close to ink is dark? Because she spent too long with Zhang Shou, the eldest lady changed her temperament?
However, the six scholars who broke into the box did not know that Zhu Ying's behavior now was different from before. Each of them was scolded until their faces turned blue and white, but they were caught in a weak spot.
, and was silent for a while.
The one who just took the lead finally regained his composure and tried to sound righteous: "Miss Zhu said that we are not polite. Mr. Jiangge is the chief minister of the dynasty, but you call him Jiang...Old man, is this...
Rules, is this etiquette?"
Regarding such doubts, Zhu Hong and the other guard suddenly sweated. However, Zhu Ying smiled calmly: "Yes, these are my rules and my etiquette. Don't say it behind your back, I am
Even in person, I would call him Old Man Jiang. Do you dare to call him by his first name in front of Lu Jijiu?"
Seeing that the six people were instantly angry, she said calmly: "He, Old Man Jiang, had a bad upbringing. Back then, a grandson injured a passerby but he lied to others about it. He, Old Man Jiang, didn't take it seriously and incited people to fight behind his back."
My father and brother let others take responsibility, but they still cling to power; he, Old Man Jiang, flatters the superiors and bullies the subordinates; if the prince is guilty, he can be punished lightly, but good people must accept the consequences when they are bullied; his principle, Old Man Jiang, is to value the flow of justice and despise the officials.
A person who does things in a down-to-earth manner is not as good as a person who talks a lot! I just look down on him, so what!"