(The contents of this chapter are nonsense and will make people laugh. Please be kind to the red scholars.)
"Your Majesty, the manuscript of "Feng Yue Bao Jian" has been found, and the title has been copied to "The Story of the Stone"."
"Leave it alone."
Li Xiangjun has been promoted to the position of Chief Superintendent of Ceremonies. He usually does not follow Zhao Han very much, but is busy with other official duties.
The maid in front of me is named Wu Qiufeng, who is from Jurong, Jinling.
Zhao Han picked up the manuscript with great curiosity. He heard about the novel "Feng Yue Bao Jian" from Liu Rushi. The names Jia Baoyu and Lin Daiyu must be related to "A Dream of Red Mansions", but the author of the original novel is definitely not
"Cao Xueqin".
In another time and space, Taoist Kongkong, Qingseng, Wu Yufeng and Kong Meixi all renamed the novel. Zhiyanzhai, Jihusou, Tangcun, Songzhai and Qiyuan all commented on the novel.
Moreover, all of the above people use pseudonyms, and none of them have their real names.
What "Cao Xueqin" did was to read the novel for ten years, add and delete it five times, compile it into a table of contents, and divide it into chapters.
According to the mainstream view of Hongxue, "Cao Xueqin" is Cao Zhan, the grandson of Cao Yin.
That's right. Anyway, "Cao Xueqin" is a pseudonym and can be applied to anyone.
What really matters is how much "Cao Xueqin" deleted and changed the original novel when adding and deleting. If the amount of deletions and changes is extremely large, it is equivalent to a second creation and can also be regarded as the real author of "A Dream of Red Mansions".
What Zhao Han sees now is the initial version.
There are no two paragraphs at the beginning of "A Dream of Red Mansions", it starts directly with Nuwa making stones to mend the sky, and then there is no Taoist Kong Kong, it just starts with the words "the earth fell to the southeast".
As he read it, Zhao Han got a taste of it.
Compared with "Dream of Red Mansions" hundreds of years later, the content of this first edition is very rough. The writing is procrastinating and dry, and the literary quality is far inferior to "Dream of Red Mansions". In addition, words such as "bandits" are mentioned.
It took a few days to finish reading the manuscript in his hand. Zhao Han was angry and funny: "These big turbans are always hidden and tucked in! As long as I don't criticize Tian Zheng, will I still raid homes and behead people just because of a novel?"
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This is a political metaphor novel.
Jia Mu can be understood as Zhu Yuanzhang, or the ancestor of the Ming Dynasty royal family. Jia Baoyu is Zuo of the Ming Dynasty and is the jade seal handed down from the country. He likes to eat rouge, which is the sealing pad. The words "Don't forget, don't forget, the immortal life will be prosperous" engraved on the jade, is exactly the same.
It is the inscription on the jade seal that reads "If you are ordered by heaven, you will live forever".
Lin Daiyu is Chongzhen, suspicious, gullible, straightforward and selfish.
Why is Zhao Han so sure that Lin Daiyu is a metaphor for Chongzhen?
In "A Dream of Red Mansions" in another time and space, Lin Daiyu died on the day of Baoyu's wedding, but this is a continuation of the story.
Lin Daiyu's birthday is February 12, which is the Huachao Festival (birth of Baihua) in Wuzhong. So her death date should be April 25 (Baihua abdication), or April 26 (farewell to Baihua)
Flower Day). And Emperor Chongzhen died on April 25th!
The version that Zhao Han got now directly changed the date of Daiyu's death to the Chongzhen Festival in this time and space, and she was hanged under a tree.
What is more obvious is the change to Xue Baochai's character.
Xue Baochai's name was changed to Xue Yuanjin. "Jin" is next to the word "tu", which is a metaphor for the new dynasty of Datong. And "Chai" is next to the word "gold", which is a metaphor for the Manchu and Qing Dynasties.
In addition, a new character named Lu Baochai was added, which is probably an allusion to the Manchu Qing Dynasty in this time and space. Xiaojiazi was born and wanted to win Jia Baoyu's favor (competing for the world), but was beaten to death.
Xia Jingui, who was used as a metaphor for Wu Sangui, was renamed Xia Jinyu. It is estimated that Wu Sangui was not the major disaster in this time and space, but Zuo Liangyu was more important, so the author used a sinister, cunning, and renegade character to allude to it.
Yuanyang, Yuchuan, Jin Rong and others are still there, but a few more characters have been added. Anyway, similar marginal characters, either with earth characters (Datong officials) or with gold characters (Jianzhou Tatars).
Jia Jing is Jiajing, which not only has the same pronunciation, but also loves to make elixirs and doesn't care about anything serious.
Mrs. Wang was the Emperor of Tianqi. She accidentally fell into the water and died of illness. She entrusted Jia Baoyu (Zuo Zuo of the Ming Dynasty) to Lin Daiyu (Chongzhen).
Jia Huan is homophonic to "family trouble", which alludes to Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong and others who framed and harmed Jia Baoyu (Zuo of the Ming Dynasty) many times. Jia Rong and Jia Qiang are homophonic to "Rong" and "Qiang", alluding to the barbarians from all walks of life around the Ming Dynasty.
Jia Zheng, the state affairs of the Ming Dynasty.
Wang Xifeng, Wei Zhongxian.
Yuan Chun, Yuan Chonghuan.
There are all kinds of metaphors.
That's why Zhao Han was so angry that he laughed when he read the unedited "Dream of Red Mansions" and instantly knew what the author was writing.
On the night before the Dragon Boat Festival, Zhao Han came to Liu Rushi's room, took out the manuscript of the novel and said, "Mr. Liu, please take a look and see how my annotations are."
Liu Rushi had only read the serialized part. Now that he saw the whole book, he immediately smiled with joy, but after opening it, he was immediately dumbfounded.
When Jia Yucun appeared, there was a red annotation by Zhao Han next to it: Jia Hua, courtesy name Shi Fei, nicknamed Yucun. He is also a remnant of the eunuch!
Liu Rushi continued to read, and when he introduced the people in Jia's family, there were another bunch of red-letter annotations: Yuanchun, Yuan Chonghuan. Yingchun, Wen Tiren. Tanchun, Yang Sichang...
In the original version of "A Dream of Red Mansions", Tan Chun should be a metaphor for Zheng Chenggong, or a certain minister of the Southern Ming Dynasty who fled to sea. But in this version, the story has been changed, and Tan Chun's character has also changed. He has become anxious and impatient, does not listen to advice, and follows
Yang Sichang's situation was very similar, and his "centred insect theory" was just a scolding of rogue bandits.
Liu Rushi flipped through more than 20 pages in a row, and her scalp went numb. Zhao Han's red-letter annotations were so scary.
"Your Majesty approved the book like this, and I can't read any novels." Liu Rushi put down the book, her tone seemed to be coquettish, but actually she wanted to persuade Zhao Han not to make a fuss.
Zhao Han said with a smile: "I didn't even think about finding out who the author was. I wrote a novel and kept it secret. How can we still start a rebellion? Let them miss the past."
Liu Rushi immediately complimented him: "Your Majesty is magnanimous, and the wise kings of ancient times were nothing more than this."
Tomorrow is the Dragon Boat Festival holiday. The princes and princesses born to Liu Rushi came back from school in the evening and hang wormwood with the palace ladies.
Zhao Han teased his children for a while, and then talked about novels with Liu Rushi.
The author is indeed ingenious. The struggle for hegemony during the change of dynasties was actually written as a love triangle between two women and one man. The man is Jiangshan Guozuo, and the women are Chongzhen and Zhao Han. In the end, Zhao Han succeeded in becoming the mistress.
The Jianzhou Tatar became a maid from a humble background who was beaten to death for seducing a young master.
Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong were even worse. They didn't even get into the supporting female roles and became villainous supporting actors inexplicably.
Hahahaha, the more Zhao Han thought about it, the happier he became.
The next day.
Zhao Han went to attend the court meeting first. During the festival, the court officials did nothing but wish the emperor a happy holiday, and the emperor rewarded the ministers with holiday gifts.
When the ministers left the Forbidden City, they were carrying a bunch of rice dumplings.
After three days of vacation, everyone was very happy except those who had to be on duty.
Fei Rulan, as the queen, summoned the concubines in the harem and met with the female dependents. Only Mrs. Gaoming was qualified to enter the palace and receive the queen's rewards and blessings.
Dozens of ministers' wives sat with the concubines and watched the performance on the temporary stage.
"good!"
Zhang Tieniu's wife screamed the loudest. She stood up and applauded at the highlight of the show, instantly becoming the focus of the audience.
This lady had already figured it out. Zhang Tieniu would neither go home nor take her to live with her, so she would just have to make do with it. She was a royal wife, and it was impossible to divorce her anyway. She would just have a son to take care of her in her old age.
After watching a show, she came up to Fei Rulan, wiped her tears and said: "Madam, my brother Xun has gone to the ice and snow, I heard. Can you please ask the emperor to transfer brother Xun back to Nanjing? That's not Nanjing."
, I can transfer him to Hebei or Shaanxi. I just gave birth to this one. Brother Xun will have three good and two shortcomings. How will I live for the rest of my life!"
Fei Rulan smiled and said: "Brother Xun has great ambitions, and your Majesty often praises him. We women should not interfere with men's affairs."
The conversation was blocked, and the wife of the Zhang family didn't know how to continue. Moreover, she was very unsociable, and other female relatives avoided her.
Take the wives of Fei Chun and Chen Maosheng, for example, they all came from relatively ordinary backgrounds, but as their husbands rose in the ranks, they usually behaved more solemnly and calmly. Only Zhang Tieniu's wife, her temper and taste have never changed, and she has always been a country girl.
The look of a shrew.
Fei Rulan didn't feel any disdain, she just felt a little headache and often couldn't laugh or cry.
When Zhang Tingxun was young, he was once taken into the palace to celebrate a festival. Because the children were fighting among themselves, Mrs. Zhang got angry on the spot. She pushed Zhang Tingxun to the ground and beat him. She just beat him, and she even beat him in front of many female relatives.
She took off her pants and spanked her. Later, when I asked her why she had to take off her children's pants, she replied that the fabric of the pants was expensive and she was afraid of being damaged by the stick.
It was almost noon when the ministers and their wives left with gifts.
Zhu Yuluo, Zhu Cizheng's brother and sister, and other princes and princesses were called together to have a meal and celebrate the festival.
"Why didn't you bring your wife and children?" Fei Rulan asked.
Zhu Cizheng replied: "It's a little inconvenient."
Fei Rulan said: "Bring them together next year, don't let them stay at home alone."
Zhu Cizheng said: "Thank you for your grace."
Since they came to Nanjing, the younger ones of the Zhu family have been entering the palace every year and festival, and Zhao Han did not treat them as outsiders.
"The emperor has arrived!"
Everyone stood up quickly to greet him.
Zhao Han walked into the courtyard with a smile: "Let's all sit down."
There were four tables in the courtyard. Zhao Han's children alone numbered 17, and the youngest one was still nursing.
Zhao Kuanghuan brought several wives with him, two of whom were pregnant.
Of course, Princess Elizabeth was also there. It was her first time meeting the emperor, so she took a few more curious glances.
This kind of royal family gathering was probably only possible during the founding of the People's Republic of China. After one or two generations, dozens of tables would have to be set up.
The number of Zhao Han's concubines is really small, and they are all called here today. Not only are there princesses from Brunei, but also the North Korean princess, who is 18 years old this year and gave birth to a son last year.
The conversation was all about family matters, mainly focusing on the marriage of Zhao Furong, Zhao Hanjin, and Zhao Kuangli.
"Fu'er hasn't chosen yet?" Zhao Han asked.
Zhao Furong's face turned red with embarrassment: "I already like it."
Fei Rulan said with a smile: "He is the son of Mr. Chen's family. He is studying at Jinling University. He has an upright appearance and a good personality. I met him at the racecourse last month. Fu'er felt satisfied. I have asked the Ministry of Rites to choose an auspicious day."
The eldest princess's marriage has been settled, Zhao Hanjin and Zhao Kuanglui can take their time, since they are not too old anyway.
Zhao Han looked at Zhu Yuluo at the next table. Judging from her hairstyle, she knew she was still single.
Chongzhen betrothed his daughter to Zhao Han. This matter has long been spread throughout the country. Who dares to steal a woman from the emperor?
Zhao Han suddenly remembered that novel again. He and Chongzhen were both heroines, competing for the man who represented the country, the country, and the country. Some people still couldn't let it go. Maybe if he married Chongzhen's daughter, this matter could truly turn the page.
