The food festival lasted for three days, and finally ended with the reluctance of the people. According to statistics, the number of people in these three days was nearly a quarter of the capital's population, and countless amounts of money were traded. Many people are already looking forward to next year.
held.
As the sole sponsor of this event, Xian Ruxing also gained a lot. Not only did he successfully promote potatoes, but he also completely made Fang Ling Ji and the cake shop famous. These cannot be measured by money alone.
This time it was so lively, but few vicious cases occurred. The reason was that Xian Ruxing made arrangements in advance. Not only did he contact the government, but he also asked Deng Shiyi to mobilize the Hutou Gang to secretly maintain order. If he saw anyone with evil intentions, Four or Five
big
Han swarmed up and subdued them directly. Even for the women who participated, thin and breathable masks were thoughtfully prepared. They mainly used bamboo to weave a skeleton, and then covered it with fabric gauze. The mask could only cover the upper half of the face, but not the other half.
Affects eating.
Who would have thought that as soon as this thing came out, it would be extremely popular with women. After all, this thing is much more convenient than the popular "face clothes" today. Xian Ruxing once encountered many women traveling, wearing black cloth to cover their heads, and the black cloth hung down to their knees, looking at
It was boring. Not only was the mask lightweight, but the patterns on it could be pieced together by oneself, and it soon appeared frequently in women's gatherings.
But what really pushed it to its peak was what the famous prostitutes wore.
I have mentioned before that the social customs in the middle and late Ming Dynasty changed dramatically. In traditional Chinese words, "rituals collapsed and music collapsed." The old system could no longer adapt to the new social relations. At this time, there were many brothels and prostitutes, including
There are many people with both talent and appearance who are extremely popular in society, and some even have close contacts with the female relatives of officials. Although people still despise them on the surface, they unconsciously begin to imitate the hairstyles and clothing of prostitutes.
When Xian Ruxing just traveled through time, he saw the royal family members wearing crepe jackets of various colors for a while. After asking curiously, he found out that this was the new dress of the courtesans on the Jinling River last year. From Jiangnan.
Things can be popular in Anlu, so it can be seen that imitation of prostitutes has become a trend nowadays, ignoring their social status and simply pursuing new and unique styles.
Masks made of bamboo bones were light and cheap, with a high degree of freedom in design. Many prostitutes who were not too wealthy and had an aesthetically pleasing style used them to decorate themselves, and gradually influenced the people of the capital.
Xian Ruxing, who keenly grasped the business opportunity, immediately ordered people to put it into production, and creatively launched a DIY tool kit for women to create their own.
As time went by, there were obviously more women going out than before. They abandoned their dark veils and put on colorful masks. They paired up and became a bright spot on the street.
In response to this, some rigid officials wrote letters one after another, angrily denouncing this trend and asking the court to intervene to solve the problem. However, some people, either because they could not see it or because they were politically hostile, directly stood up to refute, saying that the saints had emphasized the great defense between men and women.
, but they didn’t say that women were not allowed to go out, so what else could they do even though they were wearing masks? For a while, the two sides were fighting.
Xian Ruxing, who caused all this, said that if you have the silver in hand, you can laugh at the mad dog. Just make a noise, it's just an advertisement for yourself.
In fact, she is not worried about this matter at all. As the saying goes, "It is easy to move from frugality to luxury, but it is difficult to move from luxury to frugality." Women who have long been accustomed to being able to go out freely wearing masks will obviously be asked to use face masks or simply be banned.
is unrealistic.
Just when her hands cramped up from counting money all day long, an unexpected guest suddenly came to Fengxian Hall.
Xian Ruxing looked at the pile of dried lotus seeds and fish in front of him, and twitched the corner of his mouth. He nodded to the smiling man not far away and said, "I've bothered thousands of households to think about it. It's not easy to transport such things from Huguang. I'm a poor man."
I really feel ashamed of myself.”
The man was around forty, with thick eyebrows, big eyes, and a beard. He was very tall, but he looked extremely humble when facing Xian Ruxing, who only reached his shoulders.
I brought it here, thinking that Taoist Master, you don’t need anything and have nothing to offer, so I only have this local flavor to explain my homesickness.”
Xian Ruxing found it funny, maybe because of the inconvenient transportation in this era, and people generally felt very sad about parting. Since she entered the capital, she has received Huguang specialties from others more than once, and the warehouse can no longer keep them. However, in the end
The embarrassing thing is that the core inside is not from Huguang.
Instead of exchanging a few words of greetings, he immediately noticed the boy on the other side's hand who had a wrinkled face. He couldn't help but laugh and said: "Why is Mr. Lu so quiet today? Didn't he ask me for a briefing before? But he has been so quiet lately."
You can't spare any time, what's wrong? Are you angry?"
Lu Bing is thirteen years old this year. He has grown a lot compared to when he was in the palace, but his cheeks are still rosy and he looks a little happy. Xian Ruxing has basically not met him since he entered the palace. They met again.
The child is obviously a little rusty.
"I'm not that petty, a real man..." Lu Bing subconsciously defended at the top of his voice, but then he heard his father Lu Song cough heavily, and immediately stopped talking, shaking his head cautiously.
Xian Ruxing sighed, turned to Lu Song and said, "Did Qianhu come here for something?"
"Actually, it's nothing..." Lu Song laughed dryly. He held it in for a long time, but still couldn't say it.
Xian Ruxing didn't have time to go around in circles with him. He pondered for a moment and said, "Lu Qianhu, you and I are both old people of Long Live Qiandi. Logically speaking, we should help each other in the capital. If you have any difficulties, just tell me directly. I can help."
Will definitely help."
"What a 'watch and help' person, you can understand it clearly, Taoist Master Xian! Unlike some people, who were brothers and sisters in the past, but now they stand up and ignore their friends!" Xu Shi poked Lu Song's mind, and after hearing this, he was excited and fierce
Patted his thigh.
Lu Song's ancestor, Lu Zhi, was the Ming Prime Minister of the Tang Dynasty. He inherited his father's position as the Chief Banner of the Imperial Guard since he was a child. When he was a little older, he followed King Xing to Anlu and served as the official guard of the Ceremonial Guard. It is said that "one person can ascend to heaven with the help of chickens and dogs." Lu Song since
He is neither a chicken nor a dog, so facing a large group of old friends around him who have ascended to the dragon power for some reason, it seems that he is the only one left behind.
Yuan Zonggao, who was also in the palace together, was now serving as the left minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs and a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy. He was deeply trusted by the emperor and was a hot new man in the court. However, he was just a deputy of a thousand households. What's more terrible is that perhaps because of seeing him
Being ignored by the Holy Emperor, his colleagues began to support him. Suddenly, Lu Song's life in the guardhouse was not to say miserable, but it was about the same.
Knowing that he was talking about Yuan Zonggao, Xian Ruxing was speechless. Yuan Zonggao was born as a second-class Jinshi, and now he is in a high position. Jiajing is planning to promote him to the cabinet. How dare he interact with the factory guard at such a critical position? He is clearly ignoring him.
I was trying to protect him, but these two fools just couldn't understand.
But now Xian Ruxing had no choice but to explain patiently, and then comforted Lu Song: "Now the relationship between His Majesty and the courtiers has just eased. It is obviously impossible to bring up all the old people in the palace. Lu Qianhu, you
To assist His Majesty and his son, no matter what, a reward is inevitable."
"But..." Lu Song seemed a little unwilling, and wanted to continue to pester, but Lu Bing next to him suddenly said "Ouch" and immediately squatted on the ground holding his belly.
People around him were startled, and Lu Song quickly asked his son what was wrong.
"The goat milk prepared by my mother this morning seems not too fresh, it's a bit spoiled." Xiao Lu Bing frowned.
Xian Ruxing quickly asked someone to call the imperial doctor, but was rejected again.
"No, no, I'll just go to the hut. Dad, let's go back first!"
In order to prevent being rude in front of outsiders, Lu Song couldn't care less and left immediately with his son. Before leaving, Lu Bing winked at Xian Ruxing in a vague way.
Xian Ruxing was stunned for a moment. He couldn't laugh or cry when he realized what he was doing. He could only say that he was worthy of being the future Commander Lu. He had such a reaction at such a young age. It's no wonder that he rose through the ranks in the future.
After sending the father and son away, Xian Ruxing asked people to tidy up the place, then turned around and went to Qianqing Palace to find Jiajing.
When he saw her for the first time, the young man asked: "Did you also receive dried fish?"
"Your Majesty also..."
Zhu Houcong nodded, and after a long while, he couldn't help but cursed, "I don't know what this old boy is thinking. He caused a fishy smell near Qianqing Palace. He has fished out all the fish in the Yangtze River."
Is it done!”
Xian Ruxing laughed. After a moment, he continued: "What do you think of what your majesty said? If you don't give me an official position, I think Lu Song will bother you again."
"He will beat him out if he dares to come over again. Why did Fan's mother follow such a bad guy!" Zhu Houcong shouted angrily. Fan was his wet nurse. She regarded him as more important than his own son since he was a child. Zhu Houcong has always been very
I respect her, that's why I put up with Lu Song for so long.
But having said that, with Lu Song's qualifications and background, it is indeed unreasonable to only serve as the deputy of Qianhu, a royal guard. It is no wonder that he is looking for opportunities everywhere.
"If you come to me every day, what can I do? Don't you have to do it little by little?" Zhu Houcong's face was gloomy. He was born precocious and a master of playing power. Logically speaking, he should not be so moody and angry.
But Lu Song's entanglement really touched his biggest pain point - military power.
In today's Ming Dynasty, because of the existence of the cabinet, courtiers can interfere with the emperor's rights through voting, sealing, and other methods. The reason why the emperor allows them to do this is because the most important force of a dynasty is in his own hands.
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When Zhu Yuanzhang established the Ming Dynasty, he deliberately divided the military power into two parts. The Ministry of War was in charge of the promotion and training of generals, but it could not command the army to fight. The leader of the army in fighting was another agency called the Fifth Army Governor's Office, and this
The Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies is directly under the control of the emperor.
This not only strengthened the imperial power, but also avoided the embarrassing situation in the Song Dynasty that "the generals do not know the soldiers, and the soldiers do not know the generals". In the decades before the founding of the People's Republic of China, the Ministry of War and the Fifth Army Governor's Office had a clear division of labor and a tacit cooperation. The Ming army was invincible, and the Han people
He was proud and proud.
However, all this quickly collapsed after the Tumubao Incident. As the emperor's direct subordinate, the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion was mobilized in that battle, and all of them were lost on the prairie. After that, Yu Qian led the soldiers to defend Beijing and found out embarrassingly
The Fifth Army Governor's Mansion has become an empty shell, and the remaining affairs can only be managed by the Ministry of War.
Once power is transferred, it is difficult to get it back later.
Now the Five Military Governor's Office has become useless, the Ministry of War is the only one, and the only military power that the emperor can control is the Qinjun and the Jingying, and the Jinyiwei belongs to the Qinjun.
Since the Tumubao Incident, civil servants and emperors have started to compete openly and covertly for the capital. In the Chenghua dynasty, the emperor could still firmly control the capital, but during the Hongzhi period, it was again occupied by civilian officials.
The former Zhu Houcong did not understand this. When he saw that the late emperor Zhengde first proclaimed himself a general, then went to the grasslands to fight with the Mongols alone, and finally even adopted a group of adopted sons, he felt that this cousin was acting nonsense.
However, only when he actually sat in this position did he realize that Zhengde relied on various means to gather military power. Through his efforts, he successfully mobilized the border troops to Beijing, and relied on his godson to set up a training camp for the Mighty Regiment, which was run by Jiang Bin.
But it is a pity that before this political legacy was handed over to him, Yang Tinghe abolished it in the name of "eliminating bad governance and saving court expenses", and Jiang Bin himself was beheaded.
"Hey, I didn't understand anything when I first came to the throne, so I just listened to Yang Tinghe's words. It's a pity..." Zhu Houcong sighed.
Xian Ruxing glanced at him and frowned slightly, "Your Majesty, is it really a pity?"
Zhu Houcong was stunned, hesitated, shook his head and nodded again, looking very confused.
Of course he knew that even if Yang Tinghe had his own little thoughts, the imperial court had no money at the time, and it was true that the so-called mighty regiment training camp was full of evil. It was really satisfying to be laid off, but now he really had no one, and he didn't even have the confidence to challenge the ministers.
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"Your Majesty, you sit on the entire Ming Dynasty. Heaven has entrusted these tens of millions of people to you. You are the king and father of these people. As a king and a father, you cannot only focus on the small area. Your enemies are not in this court.
Up, but thousands of miles away, in the mountains, in the grasslands, on the other side of the sea, you must not let temporary gains affect the overall situation." Xian Ruxing said sternly.
In fact, there has always been controversy in history about Emperor Zhengde's deployment of border troops to serve as his personal soldiers. Supporters believe that he was quick-thinking and regained control of the imperial power while laughing and scolding, making him a real hawkish emperor. Opponents believe that
This move was the first to mobilize frontier soldiers to Beijing. Since then, frontier soldiers have been mobilized many times, and the border defenses have gradually become empty. In the end, it became one of the reasons for the demise of the Ming Dynasty.
Xian Ruxing didn't want to comment on what was right and wrong, but she knew that Jiajing in history spent his whole life fighting with his courtiers. The two sides distrusted each other and were on guard against each other, causing the Ming Dynasty to sink into the struggle for power when it needed to rise up the most.
In the end, it was completely abandoned by the West.
So before it was too late, she had to work hard to correct the young man's concept. She just had to tell him directly that you would be emperor for decades, there would be bread, and everything would be there...
Fortunately, with her efforts, Zhu Houcong gradually realized that he still had a long time to live. As early as in Anlu, he had often heard about what Jiang Bin and others were doing, and he was very disdainful of them. He only regretted it for a while before getting back into work.
Get down to business.
Xian Ruxing hesitated for a moment, and finally said: "Lu Song can't just let it go like this. He is an old man from Qiandi and has made great contributions. Treating him like this will inevitably cause discussion among outsiders. The Beijing camp is about to deploy some help..."
"What can he do with his stupid look?" Zhu Houcong, an expert in hating stupidity, frowned in disgust.
Xian Ruxing shook his head, "It's just because he's not smart, and everyone in the court knew he was not smart, so they acquiesced in letting him go."
As the saying goes, garbage is misplaced resources!