In the backyard, Meng invited Li Xiangjun, Dong Xiaowan and others to come in.
Both Li and Dong were famous figures on the Qinhuai River. There were four young masters among the scholars, and there were also eight beauties on the Qinhuai River. The stories of famous prostitutes and talented people could always be spread far and wide.
In fact, these girls were originally children of innocent families, and most of them ended up in brothels due to poverty. Li Xiangjun, also known as Li Xiang, nicknamed Xiangshanzhui, whose surname was Wu, was born in Suzhou, and her father was a military attache. He was included in the Donglin Party because of being eunuched.
However, he was convicted and his family fell into disgrace. Later, he went to a brothel and changed his surname to Li with his adoptive mother.
He has received strict training since he was a child. He is proficient in all aspects of music, chess, calligraphy and painting. He is also good at singing, dancing, playing the flute and playing the piano, and can even write some beautiful and refreshing poems.
Their adoptive mothers take the upper-class route and spend more than ten years training their talents. Unlike ordinary prostitutes, it is very difficult to meet them, let alone paying for wine and sleeping with them. These adoptive mothers usually raise a group of prostitutes since childhood.
Good young girls are usually sold to high-ranking officials and wealthy businessmen as concubines, so they are also called raising thin horses.
Even if they enter the Qinlou Chu Pavilion when they grow up, they are different from ordinary prostitutes. They will have a lively dressing ceremony. The dressing money is often 1,800 taels. It only costs a few taels to buy a little girl, and it takes more than ten years to raise it.
Time is still a hugely profitable business.
Li Xiangjun, Dong Xiaowan, Chen Yuanyuan, etc. all came from such thin backgrounds. Li Xiangjun fell in love with Hou Fangyu, but Hou Fangyu couldn't afford so much money for dressing up. In the end, it was his friends who joined the society who pooled money to make it happen.
It is said that there was an inside story about Hou Fangyu's grooming of Li Xiangjun. When he was short of money, Yang Longyou came to the rescue and gave him a large sum of money. The grooming ceremony went smoothly. Hou Fangyu also gave him a fine carved ivory passed down from his ancestors that night.
A bone-white silk-faced palace fan was given to Li Xiangjun as a token of love. The fan was tied with an amber fan pendant inherited from the Hou family.
However, Yang Longyou's money was actually given to Hou Fangyu by Ruan Dacheng, who borrowed Yang Longyou's money in order to sell his favor and win over Hou Fangyu. Ruan was a sycophant who was scolded by Donglin Fushe at that time. Although he was also a famous dramatist and great writer in the late Ming Dynasty, he was still a great writer.
The rich man, even Shilin, despised him.
After Hou Fangyu learned about this, he was still a little hesitant, feeling that he owed Ruan a favor, but when Li Xiangjun found out, he immediately pulled out the hairpin from his hair, scolded Hou Fangyu to wake him up, then sold his jewelry, borrowed money from everywhere, and finally scraped together enough money.
, threw the money back to Ruan Dacheng, preserving Hou Fangyu's reputation.
This story was later written into the drama Peach Blossom Fan.
Dong Xiaowan had a similar life experience. She was sold into a brothel as a lean horse and practiced various talents. Later she met Mao Xiang and fell in love at first sight. However, Mao Xiang only fell in love with Chen Yuanyuan at that time. The two even had a private life-long engagement, but later Mao Xiang had his second wife.
After failing the provincial examination six times, Chen Yuanyuan has left.
It was Dong Xiaowan who had always taken care of him when he was most frustrated. Later, Liu Rushi came forward and asked Qian Qianyi to help redeem Dong Xiaowan's body and sent him to Mao's family. This made this relationship between a talented man and a beautiful woman possible.
It is also very rare for the four young masters of Fushe to gather together again.
Before Nanjing fell, the four of them had already gone their separate ways. This was because Ma Shiying and Ruan Dacheng were in power at the time, and the fourth son was the one who took the lead in exposing Ruan Dacheng as a traitor, so they were attacked and they had to flee.
Maoxiang returned to his hometown in Rugao, and Fang Yizhi rushed to Guangzhou.
Dong Xiaowan, Li Xiangjun and others also fled with them. Fortunately, after all the hardships, Maoxiang came to Haiyan to welcome Lu Jianguo. Lu Jianguo appreciated his loyalty very much.
"I heard that Your Highness conferred Young Master Mao as a concubine of the Hanlin Academy. Congratulations." Da Meng was a very generous person and had a sense of being all-rounded. Although it was the first time they met, he still quickly became close to her.
Dong Xiaowan also happily replied, "His Royal Highness's holy grace has given me a special gift for my husband to be a Jinshi, and he has also given me a special gift to be a commoner in Jilin."
In the Ming Dynasty, the status of the Imperial Academy was very high. There was a saying that non-Jinshi would not be admitted to the Hanlin. After the Yingzong period of the Ming Dynasty, it became a practice that those with the first grade of Jinshi were awarded the Hanlin Academy to compile and compile. In addition, from the second and third grade, young and talented people were selected to enter the Hanlin.
The appointment of Shu Jishi in the academy is called xuan guan.
Shujishi have no rank and no quota, but they are called prime ministers. Because of the court practice, non-Jinshi will not be admitted to the Hanlin, and non-Hanlin will not be admitted to the cabinet.
If you can become a good person, you will definitely have a bright future.
After Shujishi entered the Hanlin Academy, they were taught by experienced people in the Hanlin Academy and were taught various knowledge. Three years later, they were assessed before the next examination and were called disbanded. Those with outstanding results were retained in the Hanlin Academy and awarded the Hanlin Academy for review.
, officially became Hanlin, known as Liuguan. Others were sent to the six ministries as directors and censors, and some were also sent to serve as officials in various places.
Originally, although the four young masters of Fushe were famous, in fact only Fang Yizhi became a Jinshi in the thirteenth year of Chongzhen.
Maoxiang failed the six provincial examinations and failed to pass the examination.
Meng was an exquisite person, and Dong Xiaowan and Li Xiangjun were also famous prostitutes who once crossed the Qinhuai River. Their social and entertainment skills were even more powerful. After a while, the backyard was already filled with laughter, and even Meng Sanmei and Meng Simei were laughing.
They were all inspired by them.
forecourt.
Zhu Yihai is summoning the Fourth Young Master.
The name of the Four Young Masters was very well received. Zhu Yihai had received many memorials recommending them before. Liu Zhouzong, Qi Biaojia, Xu Shiqi, Chen Meng and many other great scholars all thought that he was a great talent and should be appointed as an exception.
In fact, Zhu Yihai was not very fond of Donglin and Fushe's celebrities and young masters, but under the current situation, it was necessary to unite the forces of all parties.
Although only one of these four people passed the imperial examination and the other three failed every exam, the articles of the four of them were indeed good. In this regard, Huang Zongxi and Gu Yanwu seemed to be similar, and their articles were well written.
, he was good at editing, but he didn't do well in the imperial examination, but he still had a great reputation among the scholars.
Zhu Yihai believes that such people are indeed useful if they are properly used.
It depends on where it is used. For example, Liu Zongzhou is a big-mouthed cannon. If you have to let him lead the army in war, he will definitely be far inferior to Sun Chengzong, Hong Chengchou and others. But if you put him in a place like the Metropolitan Procuratorate, he can play a very good role.
The role of inspectors.
There are also civil servants such as Qi Biaojia and Yu Ying. They are actually very experienced in local governance. They are definitely better than Zhang Mingzhen and Wang Zhiren in calming the people and providing governance.
Therefore, the key is to make the best use of people's talents and make the best use of materials. Especially now, it is impossible to just select scholars based on the imperial examination.
After careful consideration, Zhu Yihai placed the four young masters in the Hanlin Academy and asked them to stay in front of the imperial court to be his secretaries and assist with some paperwork. At the same time, he also planned to use the reputation of these four people to start a newspaper.
It is different from the imperial newspaper, but a propaganda newspaper.
The main task is to agitate for propaganda and engage in united front work of ideological and public opinion. He has even thought of the name of the newspaper, which is called Fuxing News. These four young men are all powerful writers, so they are definitely handy as editors.
He specially appointed Xu Shiqi, a bachelor, as the chief editor, and then asked each of the four young masters to serve as chief editors to promote the Ming Dynasty, Lu Jianguo, ZTE, and restoration in all aspects. At the same time, he exposed the brutality and ferocity of the Tatars in all aspects.
In addition, the new policies of the Lu Jianguo regime should also be spread to more places through this newspaper.
Maoxiang and Huang Zongxi had organized rebel armies before, but the effect could only be said to be mediocre. Just like Tu Xiangmei, who was criticized by the Hanlin Academy for his uprising in Jiaxing, he forced every family to send a soldier, and forced all wealthy merchants to contribute money and food.
More than 30,000 people came, but they were suddenly overrun and defeated like a mountain.
Although Yuan Chonghuan during the Chongming Dynasty finally met a late end, Yuan, a Cantonese, was still relatively fierce. With his efforts, the Guan Ning cavalry did become a capable army, but there were very few such literati after all.
Although Hou Fangyu wrote to him, claiming that his father, Hou Xun, the boss of Donglin, was once the governor of the military affairs of the seven towns. Therefore, he also learned the art of war and battle formations, and also received some true inheritance from his father.
However, Zhu Yihai believes that although Hou Xun is a Donglin boss and a very decent person, it is nonsense to say he understands military matters. The most outstanding thing about Hou Xun is that he promoted Zuo Liangyu. Zuo Liangyu was originally punished for committing crimes in the army. Hou Xun
However, he thought that this young officer was very tough and brave, so he not only refused to punish him but also promoted him to the rank of assistant general.
Zuo Liangyu also had this Donglin boss as his backer, and was able to rise through the ranks later.
Later, when Zuo Liangyu became a domineering and uncontrollable warlord with a large number of troops, the imperial court remembered Hou Xun, who was about to die of illness, and gave him the title of Governor of the Military Affairs of Seven Towns, hoping that he could suppress Zuo Liangyu. However, at this time, Hou Xun actually
No one could be mobilized, and in the end the siege of Kaifeng failed to be resolved. Hou Xun was dismissed from office again and returned home. Soon after, he was captured and imprisoned in Beijing. He was later released from prison by Li Zicheng.
However, Hou Xun did not surrender. Instead, he fled back to Nanjing and remained in hiding. Later, he fled to Huizhou to live in seclusion.
Hou Fangyu is just a talker, but Zhu Yihai believes that as long as he is placed in the right position, his talk can actually have a big effect.
"A newspaper? But a newspaper in Di?"
The content of Di Bao in the Ming Dynasty was mainly official documents such as imperial edicts and memorials, and even the content was screened and reviewed. Only during the Apocalypse and Chongzhen dynasties did a small amount of social news be added, such as an issue of Di Bao in May of the sixth year of Apocalypse
, recorded the news of the explosion in the gunpowder magazine of Wanggong Factory in Xuanwumen, Beijing at that time.
In the Ming Dynasty, party strife was fierce, and both the Di Bao and the General Affairs Office became the battlegrounds for various factions to compete for public opinion.
By controlling the general affairs envoys, one can selectively present memorials to the emperor and not show the ones he does not want to see. This is why after Zhu Yihai came to the throne to supervise the country, the general affairs envoys were among the first batch of officials appointed.
The reason is that this is an important information channel for the emperor. If it is controlled by treacherous ministers, it can deceive the emperor.
The Donglin Party was once controlled by the General Affairs Department, and when the memorial could not be sent to the emperor, it directly copied the memorial and published it in the Di newspaper, breaking the monopoly control of information.
During the Chongzhen period, Di Bao gradually became known as Beijing Bao, and a newspaper office specializing in reprinting Beijing Bao even appeared, and movable type printing began to be used to print newspapers.
The Peasant Army of Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong also carried out flag newspapers and card newspapers, which were to compile some victory reports into short texts, then write them on flags or boards, and then report them on horseback along the way to boost the morale of the troops.
Of course, this is not what Zhu Yihai wants to run. He wants to run a more advanced newspaper.
"Fuxing Bao will be a new type of newspaper. It will no longer just copy the imperial court's memorials and edicts, but will also pay attention to news and speech, closely cooperate with current affairs and publish comments."
Upon hearing this, all the four young masters of Fushe's eyes widened and they climaxed instantly.
The Supervisory State actually wants to grant them such power?
Isn't this more powerful than the Kedao Speaker? After all, the Kedao Speaker only speaks in the court. They want to speak to the world through newspapers and have the right to comment on various current events?
This power is too great. As the fourth son of Fushe, they understand the importance of controlling public opinion better than anyone else.
Zhu Yihai looked at them and knew what they were thinking. He smiled and said,
"The most important task of Fuxing News is to unite the people of the world with a united front to fight against the Tartars. The chief editor of Fuxing News is Xu Shiqige, a bachelor, and the deputy editor is Chen Qianfu, the imperial servant. In addition, Liu Kongzhao, Yang Wencong, Shen
Wen Zhong, Yu Dafu, Tu Xiangmei, etc. will also be editors. The Fuxing Daily will be divided into several major sections, each of you will be responsible for one, and the manuscripts will be cross-reviewed, and Gu will finalize the manuscript."
"I only hope that this Renaissance newspaper can be a sharp arrow shot at the Tatars, as sharp as Chen Lin's scolding Cao Cao and King Luo Bin's criticism of Wu Zetian. You must expose all the evil deeds and tyranny of the Tatars, and you must also supervise the government officials.
, we must inspire people, unite the army and the people, and fight against the invaders together!”
Zhu Yihai lowered his voice a little and said slowly, "This newspaper is designed for the recovery of the resistance against the Japanese. It is not used to make some people ignorant of the overall situation and use it to fight among themselves. Do you understand?"