Fei Yinghuan looked at Nanxiong Hou's seal in front of him, and then at the betrothal gift sent from the yard. He didn't know what Zhao Han was thinking.
He made his second daughter, Fei Rumei, his concubine and asked him to resign and become a leisurely marquis.
Mr. Lou sighed and said, "That's good. It saves the Fei family from being overly powerful and you can enjoy your career in Hangzhou. You can also go back to Qianshan if you want. It's a return to your hometown in glory."
"Master Marquis, please do as you please." Fei Yinghuan stroked the big seal, feeling a little disappointed.
He has already become a provincial-level official. Now is the period of territory expansion, and he will be able to take charge of a province in two or three years.
Fei Yinghuan is indeed heartless, and he also likes to recite poems and compose poems. But as a traditional scholar, who doesn't want to rule the country and bring peace to the world? He can't give up power!
Lou said: "With one queen and one concubine in the palace, and two generals in the army, the Fei family can no longer be in the limelight. What's more, Fei Chun, Fei Yu, and Fei Yuanjian can also be regarded as members of the Fe family."
"Why don't I know these truths?"
Fei Yinghuan slowly put away his marquis seal, and seemed to have turned into a libertine again. He smiled and said: "After a few days, I will leave office, and I will travel around the mountains and rivers every day. Take Mo Xiang with you, you come to Hangzhou, there are many famous places
I haven’t seen it yet.”
Not only is the Fei family prominent, the Li family is also very powerful.
Li Banghua, Li Rixuan's uncle and nephew, one was a minister and the other was a chief envoy. There were also many clan members serving as officials, including two magistrates, one prefecture magistrate, four county magistrates, and a prefecture-level chief judge.
As long as they don't commit any crime, Zhao Han won't bother to do anything, otherwise it will chill the hearts of the elders.
"Mom, I really want to marry Brother Han." Fei Rumei came quietly.
Lou smiled and asked, "Don't you want to?"
Fei Rumei blushed and said, "I didn't say anything, it's just that..."
Mr. Lou sighed: "I've told you a lot about people in the past few years. None of them you like, so who doesn't know what they are thinking?"
Fei Rumei murmured in a low voice: "Sister Fang isn't married yet, and I'm not in a hurry."
Zhao Zhenfang is a wild girl, at least in the eyes of outsiders.
She is still not married at the age of nineteen and hangs out with men all day long. Not only does she join the School of Mathematics, but she also often goes to the School of Physics to tinker with messy stuff.
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Nanjing.
By Mochou Lake, Mochou Lake Garden.
This place was originally one of the gardens of the Duke of Wei, and now serves as the office of the School of Mathematics.
Xiao Shixuan was already married and had a daughter. This guy studied mathematics all day long, and later became obsessed with astronomy and physics. He had no intention of falling in love, so he just arranged a marriage at home and got married.
Zhao Zhenfang was a little disappointed about this, but it was just a little disappointing. Zheng Sen, the spare tire, was working diligently every day.
"Brother Xiao, you are going to be promoted." Zhao Zhenfang came over with a smile.
Xiao Shixuan was checking a formula, with a pattern on his forehead: "What promotion?"
Zhao Zhenfang whispered: "I also overheard it. After my brother ascended the throne, the School of Mathematics will be reformed. Qintianyuan will be established, which will govern the Planetarium, Geography, Mathematics, and Physics. The Hanlin Academy will also be subdivided.
, it has jurisdiction over the Datong Museum, the History Museum, the Literature Museum, and the Classics Museum.”
"This is a good thing. Your Highness is paying more and more attention to mathematics and physics!" Xiao Shixuan said happily.
Hanlin Academy and Qintian Academy are two major academic institutions.
The Hanlin Academy is in charge of liberal arts, and the Qintian Academy is in charge of science. The dean is in the rank of a second-grade senior official. The director of each library under his jurisdiction is in rank of a third-grade senior official.
Xiao Shixuan has the most senior qualifications. He is not only proficient in mathematics, but also majors in astronomy and physics. He will definitely be the first dean of Qintian Academy!
As for the Hanlin Academy, after the news came out, overt and covert fighting has already begun.
Qian Qianyi and Zhang Pu fought the most fiercely.
Zhao Han was happy to see the results, as long as it didn't affect his work and let them fight slowly, so as not to bother himself.
Before leaving Mochou Lake Garden, Zhao Zhenfang bumped into Zheng Sen head-on.
"Sneaking out again?" Zhao Zhenfang asked with a smile.
Zheng Sen sighed and said, "Well, I'm here to say goodbye and go back to Fujian."
Zhao Zhenfang asked: "When will you come back?"
Zheng Sen shook his head: "Not sure."
"Oh." Zhao Zhenfang was a little reluctant to give up.
Zheng Sen said: "If my father's matter can be completed, I will ask him to send someone to propose marriage."
Zhao Zhenfang blushed and said, "Who promised to marry you?"
Zheng Sen said: "Zuo Shangshu has a niece who is sixteen years old, virtuous and virtuous..."
"How dare you!" Zhao Zhenfang scolded and interrupted.
"Hahahaha!" Zheng Sen laughed suddenly.
In fact, Zheng Sen had a headache because Zhao Han wanted to give Zheng Zhilong an ultimatum, so he went back to convince his father this time.
The Zheng family's merchant ships can be retained, but the Zheng family's warships must be handed over.
In addition, the Zheng family is no longer allowed to collect protection fees and must hand over Taiwan.
Today's Taiwan is not dominated by the Netherlands.
Zheng Zhilong organized a large number of Fujian people to immigrate to Taoyuan and Taipei.
Spain established a colonial settlement near Keelung.
The Netherlands could only rule the Tainan area. In order to maintain colonial rule, they also divided the Han people in Tainan and formed an alliance with some aborigines to deal with other aborigines.
The Dutch infantry were really weak, and they were beaten by the aborigines for a long time and did not dare to leave the castle. It was not until six years ago that a plague broke out in Tainan, and a large number of aborigines died of the disease. Only then, with the support of the Han people, did the Netherlands completely establish its dominance in Tainan.
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In addition, the Han people in Tainan have been killing each other just to compete for the fur resources there.
Zhao Han decided to establish the Taiwan Prefecture, subordinate to Fujian Province, to organize the scattered Han people in Taiwan.
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Nanjing Gongyuan is the largest imperial examination center in the country.
Ever since Zhao Han occupied Jiangnan, this place has been deserted to this day, and the grass in the examination room has grown so tall.
Today, all the people in the city came to watch because there was an examination for female officials.
King Wu is about to ascend the throne, and he does not use eunuchs. He only uses female officials in the palace, and female officials are subject to public examinations.
Traditional Confucian scholars are very sad about this and rarely have to say many harsh words.
But after learning that the inner court was not allowed to interfere in government affairs, many Confucian scholars cheered and celebrated. From now on, there will be no more eunuchs, there will no longer be the disaster of eunuchs, and the female officials of the inner court will not participate in government affairs. The great King Wu will rule the world together with the scholars!
Outside the Gongyuan, a large number of women gathered and were watched by people from all walks of life.
Even old men in their seventies or eighties came here in sedan chairs to see this rare scene.
An old scholar in his seventies, stroking his beard, sighed: "In the past, how could women be allowed to enter the Gongyuan? Now not only can women enter, but they can also sit down for exams in a dignified manner."
"The world is getting worse, the world is getting worse!"
"Hey, isn't that Gu Hengbo, a famous prostitute in Qinhuai? Can a famous prostitute be a court lady?"
"Your Excellency has actually met Gu Hengbo? How disrespectful!"
"..."
The hooks and tiles are the place where the sex happens.
Brothels are high-end social places, and not everyone can enter.
Even if you are given money, you can only drink tea and drink, and at most the maids of famous prostitutes will accompany you. It is very likely that you have come here many times, spent hundreds of taels of silver, and ended up drinking tea with a group of big men.
It’s the so-called “tea siege”.
You have spent enough money and you can finally meet a famous prostitute, but you can only have a drink and listen to music.
You have to keep visiting the same brothel, keep throwing money into it, and keep communicating with famous prostitutes before you can start making friends. After becoming friends, you need money, you also need to give gifts, you need to be talented, and you need to be able to coax famous prostitutes.
Only by being happy can you have the opportunity to truly pursue a famous prostitute.
It sounds outrageous, but it actually scratches the itch of some specific consumer groups.
Gentlemen who have money and are well-read in poetry and books have no shortage of women to sleep with. They need spiritual communication, they want to have a romantic love, and they use brothels as a social place to contact friends or become famous.
"Hey, you're going to take the imperial examination for a female official with this appearance?"
Suddenly, the crowd burst into noise because a dark and strong woman came.
This woman's age is indistinguishable, her physique is extremely strong, her height is nearly 1.8 meters, and she is very appropriately described as having a big body and a round waist.
When waiting in line to enter the venue, Li Xiangjun stood behind this person and couldn't help but ask: "What's your surname, sister?"
This woman also had a loud voice and spoke loudly: "Wangui, my surname is You, and I am You Julian. My father is a butcher of pigs, and I have been able to wield a knife and stick since I was a child. When I was dividing the fields in Shizhou Prefecture, I killed four people by myself.
A bandit! Those bandits are all soldiers under the command of the chieftain. After they were killed and dispersed, they stayed in the mountains and became bandits."
Li Xiangjun was immediately in awe: "Sister turns out to be a female missionary officer."
You Julian said: "I stopped working as a missionary officer when I got married. I resigned and went home to raise my husband and raise my children. Unfortunately, I couldn't marry a good man. That heartless man took advantage of my pregnancy and went out to hook up. I caught him and beat him half to death."
The child in my belly is no longer angry, so I will simply divorce him. I don’t want to get married again in this life, and I will work as a female official in the palace for Mr. Zhao until I am too old to do it anymore!”
"My sister is also a miserable person." Li Xiangjun said with emotion.
"What kind of miserable life is there? I don't think life is miserable," You Julian actually laughed, "If I can't pass the female officer exam this time, I will go home and take the police officer exam. It seems that there are no female police officers under Mr. Zhao's rule."
Seeing that the other party was cheerful and open-minded, Li Xiangjun also laughed, thinking that this sister was very interesting.
You Julian asked: "What did my sister do before?"
Li Xiangjun replied: "I was sold into a brothel by my relatives when I was a child. I escaped on the day I left the court and was fortunately rescued by a scholar from Datong. Later I passed the civil service examination and worked as an official in Jiangning County. I come back to try my luck."
You Julian sighed: "You are the poor one who was sold by your relatives. Although my father is a pig butcher, I am not good-looking, but I have been loved by my father since I was a child. Don't worry, sister, if we both become female officers,
I will definitely not teach you to be bullied by others!"
"Then thank you sister." Li Xiangjun fell in love with this strong woman even more.
There are a lot of women taking the exam this year, and there are hundreds of applicants in the Qinhuai River area. If they fail the exam, they will try to apply to be palace maids. Anyway, they only sign a five-year employment contract.
Sixteen-year-old Kou Baimen mingled among them.
She is now working as a musician, running performances with her parents, and has not followed her mother's old path of selling herself. Moreover, she has been studying hard and is planning to take the exam to be a reserve official. This time she will be able to take the female officer exam.