"Ningyun, what you said is true. Today I mentioned this matter in the morning, and the imperial grandfather was very excited and happy."
After returning to the mansion, Li Xiao told Ningyun the situation at that time.
In fact, at the end, Li Xiao deliberately listened to Zhu Yuanzhang's voice, as if he said that no matter what mistakes he made, he would spare his life?
Doesn't that mean you can do whatever you want?
Even if I take a concubine, he won't dare to chop off my head, right?
Ha ha ha ha
Of course, even if Zhu Yuanzhang doesn't chop off his own head.
I'm afraid Zhu Di won't let him go either
Taking concubines is just a talk, Li Xiao has no such intention, it is just a metaphor.
In short, I can do whatever I want now.
He is not afraid that Zhu Yuanzhang will chop off his own head!
Just so tough!
"Well, being able to make suggestions for your husband is what a wife should do."
Zhu Ningyun smiled beautifully, feeling very proud.
"You don't know how proud my brother-in-law is today!"
Zhu Gaoxu walked into the room at this time and echoed: "In the main hall, he directly scolded the opposing officials and struck hard at those rotten scholars. The emperor's grandfather didn't care at all and turned a blind eye."
Hearing this, Zhu Ningyun's delicate face smiled softly: "Xiao Lang, I really can't tell that you are quite courageous. However, the emperor's grandfather did not punish him, which means that the emperor's grandfather wanted someone to intercede for Zhu Yunwen."
Zhu Gaoxu said: "That's not true. I noticed at that time that the emperor's grandfather's expression was a little excited. I have to say, sister, you are smart, you can think of this."
Zhu Ningyun said: "Women, your emotions should be more delicate. If the mother and concubine are here, I am afraid that the mother and concubine will give advice to the father without me having to say anything."
Zhu Gaoxu smiled and said: "It seems that my sister has won the true inheritance of mother and concubine."
Zhu Ningyun's heart was filled with joy, and she pretended to be humble and said: "How can I be inferior to my mother and concubine?"
At this time, the sound of drums suddenly came from outside.
Zhu Gaoxu looked a little excited and made a move with his right hand: "Sister and brother-in-law, if you have nothing to do, let's go to the yard and watch a show together."
When Zhu Ningyun heard this, she felt unhappy and her eyebrows stood up:
"Well, Zhu Gaoxu, if you didn't tell me, I would have forgotten. You are getting more and more outrageous. Where did you get the troupe? You still want to take it back to Peiping and put it in the palace to perform every night. How unbecoming is this? If my mother and concubine see it, Come, can you rest assured that Prince Yan’s Mansion will be handed over to you?”
This made Zhu Gaoxu afraid to raise his head.
"Let's go, there's no harm in going and taking a look."
Li Xiao took Zhu Ningyun's hand and walked out, "It's just for leisure and entertainment. What big thing can happen? I won't get tired of watching this show every day. Gao Xu has his own sense of proportion."
For Li Xiao, watching movies is just like watching TV or movies in the future. It is a kind of spiritual entertainment.
You can't be tense every day as a human being.
After eating and drinking enough, you should pursue spiritual enjoyment.
From now on, people's lives will become better, and they can occasionally go to the theater, and that will be called a well-off life.
Besides, this Peking Opera is the quintessence of the country and cannot be passed on.
Zhu Ningyun nodded slightly, "Okay, then just listen to Xiaolang. I haven't seen the show yet, let's go and see it together."
To be honest, Zhu Ningyun has never watched Peking Opera.
After all, how can any woman go to the theater to listen to a play? These are all things done by big men.
Sister, you really listened to your brother-in-law. Zhu Gaoxu was overjoyed and followed him.
This troupe was sent to the house by the owner of the opera troupe to apologize.
In the yard, the theater troupe has set up a stage.
When many servants saw that there was a show to watch, they also came over and stood in the distance waiting in anticipation. They may have never seen a show in their lives.
There are three stools under the stage, and Li Xiao sits in the middle.
Zhu Gaoxu and Ningyun sat on either side, one on the left and one on the right.
"Pa~"
Zhu Gaoxu snapped his fingers, signaling that it was time to start.
Dong dong dong dong dong——
On the stage, the actors were divided into Sheng, Dan, Jing, and Chou. They made wonderful appearances one by one. Then, they showed the personality characteristics and emotional changes of different characters through various means such as body posture, tone, expression, and movement.
With the cry of "Han Xin" "strategize and unify the lion", the drama of Farewell My Concubine kicked off.
The interpretation is about events in history, but the details are enriched and every historical figure is presented in front of him. Zhu Ningyun, who was watching the play for the first time, was immediately attracted.
Zhu Ningyun understands history, but there are often only a few sentences in history books, but there are dialogues, narrations, and character interactions in operas. Why can't people be deeply involved in it?
Li Xiao sat aside, took a glance, and found that this little girl was fascinated.
I just said that going to the theater is a waste of time. Isn’t this really delicious?
In fact, it is Chinese opera that spread abroad and is called "shadow drama".
The title, screening venue, and performance content all reflect that the film has a natural relationship with traditional opera since its birth.
Li Xiaoxin said, if the movie was released now, wouldn't it be a hit for the Ming Dynasty?
An hour later.
As the overlord Xiang Yu committed suicide in Wujiang, the Peking opera ended.
The most desolate love drama made Zhu Ningyun burst into tears.
"hateful!"
Every time he saw the ending, Zhu Gaoxu couldn't help but curse: "The cunning Liu Bang has no skills and no handsomeness, how can he win the world!"
Li Xiao patted Zhu Gaoxu on the shoulder, "Is there a possibility that being able to make good use of people, knowing people and making good use of them, and controlling people are the talents of an emperor, and they are the abilities that an emperor should have."
Zhu Gaoxu shook his head: "I also know that if you are unwilling to give in for Xiang Yu, you should kill him during the Hongmen Banquet to get rid of Liu Bang, the culprit."
Zhu Ningyun, who was made jealous by the love drama, wiped away her tears and said: "There is no regret medicine in the world, and you will win or lose. Gao Xu, you have to understand this."
"Yes. There is no regret medicine in the world. It would be great if everyone in the world understood this truth. I should have seen this scene earlier."
From behind, Zhu Yunwen's sighing voice came.
It turned out that he had also been standing behind to watch the show. This was also his first time watching a show.
"Huh."
Li Xiao waved and called Zhu Yunwen over. The latter put on a smile and sat on a small stool in front of Li Xiao.
"Your Majesty, please tell me."
Zhu Yunwen has been demoted to a commoner. He knows that only by coaxing the Duke of the country well, his future life in Peking will be easier.
Li Xiao smiled and said: "Yunwen, how do you feel about watching the show?"
Zhu Yunwen was slightly excited: "It's very interesting. I was fascinated by it just now. I think I have read thousands of books over the years, but I can't get as much insights as watching a play."
Make the best use of everything, Li Xiao suddenly thought, although Zhu Yunwen is not good at being an emperor, he has read a lot since he was a child and has a lot of history books. He is indeed suitable for this industry.
Thinking of this, Li Xiao smiled and said: "Yunwen, do you want to be a director?"
Zhu Yunwen: "????"
Since then,
The world's first film director is about to rise in China.
The first one requires political correctness, that has to be
"Li Qingtian of the Ming Dynasty"! ! !
Outside the city gate, the sun was shining brightly and a gentle breeze was blowing.
The flags on the city wall fluttered in the wind, and the trees in the distance rustled in the gentle breeze. The temperature was suitable for travel.
"Eldest sister, brother-in-law, second brother, and cousin Yunwen, please take care of yourself all the way. Grandfather and father are afraid of being sad about parting, so they asked me to see you off."
Today is the day when Li Xiao and others leave the capital and return to Peking.
Zhu Gaochi and Zhu Gaosui took some officials from the Ministry of Rites and sent them out of the city.
"Second brother, I will miss you."
Zhu Gaojiu hugged Zhu Gaojiu and cried bitterly. After all, the two had a good relationship since childhood. It was Zhu Gaojiu who took him to play with him behind the buttocks.
"Okay, okay, you're a manly man, you don't behave like a man."
Zhu Gaoxu pushed his third brother away. Although he was disgusted on the surface, he was still very happy in his heart.
"Gao Chi, you should pay more attention to your health in the capital."
Li Xiao took out a prescription for recuperation and handed it over, "Use this prescription to recuperate your body every month. Don't tire your body out."
Now Zhu Gaochi has to deal with government affairs in advance, and Li Xiao is very worried whether this little fat man will die young.
After saying that, Li Xiao added: "If you are too tired, just tell the emperor a few more words. We will not engage in power control in the cabinet. We will set up a military aircraft department. It has no rank and no power and only provides opinions. The body It's important, think about uncle Zhu Biao. You know, take care of yourself."
Zhu Gaochi took the prescription and nodded gratefully, "Thank you, brother-in-law."
Zhu Ningyun also hugged his younger brother, "Gao Chi, listen to your brother-in-law. Put your health first in everything."
"Yeah." Gao Chi nodded and wiped his tears.
"Gao Chi, I even left a gift for you."
Li Xiao turned around, took down a few boxes from the carriage, handed one to Zhu Gaochi, and said: "This music box is for you. Shake it and you can hear good music. We can't see each other again, so keep one." Think about it.”
Indeed, as Li Xiao said, there will be very few days when we can meet each other in the future, especially Zhu Gaoxu. The vassal king is not allowed to leave the fiefdom, so it is basically difficult to meet him in this life.
This music box is purchased from the system and you can customize the music yourself.
"This is."
Zhu Gaochi opened the wooden music box and shook the handle.
From inside came the slow but beautiful singing of pure music: the bird in the dream.
This was used by Li Xiao to relieve Zhu Gaochi's stress.
At the same time, it is also Li Xiao’s message to this future benevolent king, to walk firmly and hopefully to higher and further places, which is a place full of dreams.
"listen well"
Music has no borders, and Zhu Gaochi was attracted by this unique music.
Zhu Gaosui was greedy and smiled: "Brother-in-law, do you have a younger brother?"
He always felt that everyone would ignore him, so he worked hard to please the people around him, but Li Xiao didn't do that. He always remembered this third child.
"Of course."
Li Xiao handed another one to Zhu Gaosui and said, "This is yours."
Zhu Gaosui happily took it.
Shaking the handle, pure music came from inside: Dance of Flowers.
In Li Xiao's view, Zhu Gaosui's life is like the lonely petals in the song. He tried his best to dance, but when the petals withered and the prosperity faded, the flowers would bloom again, but the petals fell into the soil and disappeared.
However, Li Xiao believed it.
Zhu Gaosui in this life, as long as he is here, he will not let the tragedy happen again.
"It sounds good, but why do I feel a little melancholy?"
Zhu Gaosui held the music box tightly to his chest, as if saying goodbye to his future self.
"This is for the emperor's grandfather and father. Tell them that if they miss us, they can listen to it."
Li Xiao handed the remaining two music boxes to Zhu Gaochi.
"Okay, I'll see you again after a long journey."
"We'll say goodbye today. The mountains are high and the road is far. We'll see you again tomorrow."
Although Li Xiao was reluctant to leave, he still got on the carriage.
He waved goodbye to the two of them.
In this way, the carriage drove slowly towards the north.
"Have a nice trip!"
Zhu Gaochi and Zhu Gaosui watched him leave until they disappeared.
"Brother, your eyes are red." Zhu Gaosui looked at Zhu Gaochi and said.
"It's sand in the eyes"
That's it.
The family parted ways, and from now on we can only express our thoughts.
Returned to the Yangxin Hall.
Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di saw Zhu Gaochi holding the box in his hand. Zhu Di laughed and said: "I knew that boy Li Xiao would definitely leave a souvenir for me. Gao Chi quickly brought it to Gu to have a look."
Zhu Yuanzhang walked over, glanced sideways and said, "What are you in a hurry for? Let me take a look first."
"Yes, yes, dad will take a look first."
Zhu Di grinned and gave up his seat, "Dad, sit down and watch."
After saying that, he looked at Zhu Gaochi and said, "Gaochi, why don't you tell your grandpa how to use this thing?"
Then Zhu Gaochi gave some instructions.
"Interesting. I heard that Li Xiao is a skilled craftsman. This wooden box is indeed exquisite."
Zhu Yuanzhang followed the prompts and shook the handle.
A purely musical version of a Cantonese birthday song came from inside. It started with the beating of gongs and drums, bringing a sense of celebration:
Congratulations, congratulations to you, I wish you to be as old as a cypress, as young as a orchid, as blessed as the East China Sea, and as long as the Nanshan Mountains. I wish you have this day every year, and have this day every year.
Hearing this festive music, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but praise: "This Li Xiao is really surprising. He actually puts the music in this small box and can listen to it at any time. Haha, it's interesting! Li Xiao's skills will continue to improve The idea is that in the future, when listening to music, wouldn’t it be possible to hear it directly in a square-inch box?”
Zhu Gaochi smiled and said, "Maybe you can even watch a movie in a square-inch box?"
Zhu Di and Zhu Yuanzhang shook their heads: "Watching a show is too much. It's unbelievable. It shouldn't be possible."
At this time, Zhu Di also picked up the music box that Li Xiao left for him.
Start spinning.
Exciting pure music came from inside: "Go, are you worthy of this ragged cloak?"
Fight, fight, with the humblest dream"
This was Li Xiao's message to the stubborn Yongle Emperor Zhu Di, who despite everyone's objections, conquered Mobei after five expeditions and finally died on the way back.
Zhu Di: "???"
Back, back to Peiping!
Back to familiar land again.
Returning to Prince Yan's Mansion again, the signboard of Prince Yan's Mansion has been changed to Prince Han's Mansion by Crown Princess Xu Miaoyun.
"Hahahaha, Prince Han's Mansion!"
Zhu Gaoxu felt that he had reached the pinnacle of his life. The former Prince Yan's Palace was the largest and most magnificent palace among all the palaces.
Now, it belongs to him.
"Mother concubine!"
Seeing Xu Miaoyun again, everyone hugged her affectionately.
"Okay, just come back!"
Xu Miaoyun has been in Peiping for more than half a year. The good news came one after another, which made her feel happy.
First, Jingnan was like traveling, unimpeded, then she got the news that the prince was not dead, and then she became the princess.
In short, the fact that the family is safe and sound is the best news for Xu Miaoyun.
The family walked towards the mansion, where Xu Miaoyun prepared a feast to entertain them.
"Huh?? Why is Master Daoyan in the house?"
Li Xiao suddenly saw a bald monk. Isn't this Yao Guangxiao?
"Mr. Yongle, you are fine."
Yao Guangxiao bowed slightly towards Li Xiao and said: "The poor monk is the host at Qingshou Temple. Isn't it natural to return to Peking? It has been some time since the poor monk returned to Peiping. I heard that the King of Han and Lord Yongle are returning today, so I came here to greet them."
Li Xiao nodded slightly, almost understanding.
In this world, Yao Guangxiao is just a soy sauce character. Jingnan has nothing to do with him. He follows Zhu Gaoxu and Jingnan, so he cannot become the prime minister in black.
That's fine, this is a talent, he can stay and help.
Li Xiao made an invitation gesture: "Master, please come in and join us for the banquet."
Yao Guangxiao clasped his hands and said: "If you are a monk and don't take advantage of me, I will retire first. If the Duke of the country has free time, he can come to the temple to drink tea."
Li Xiao smiled and said, "Okay, I won't give it away. I'll have tea with you when I have time."
"Amitabha."
Yao Guangxiao bowed and retreated.
When I left, I was still thinking that something was wrong. It wasn't half the emperor's life. This wasn't the case either. Could it be that the calculation was wrong? It shouldn't be.
Forget it, forget it, now that the world is settled, let's just follow Duke Fulong.
At the dinner table, the family was very affectionate. After all, they had not seen their mother and concubine in person for a long time.
During the chat, I learned that Xu Miaoyun also helped take care of the properties of Li Xiaoli Mansion during this period. All the properties were going smoothly, as usual, and money was being paid into the account.
Apart from
Xu Miaoyun said: "Li Xiao, the accounts of Dong'an County you manage are a bit messy. The salaries of new staff in the dormitory area have been increased. The county government has also increased the salaries of all staff. It has also invited many tenants to work and make a lot of money. In the ten Each district spent money to buy land and build factories. The county government spent a lot of money and already owed fifty thousand taels of silver. I heard that the county magistrate named Mei Jiale was blocked at the door of his house every day with debt demands. Dare to go out."
Upon hearing this, everyone was a little surprised.
Damn it, it's outrageous that a county government owes a bank fifty thousand taels of silver.
Li Xiao smiled and said: "It doesn't matter, my son-in-law is back now, and he will solve these minor problems right away. Only when you give up can you gain, and if you dare to owe money, you will naturally have the ability to earn it back."
Xu Miaoyun smiled and said: "Of course I believe in your abilities, but you should also train more talents to do these things. If everything requires you to use your brain, sooner or later the ideas will be used up."
I didn't run out of ideas. But I reminded Li Xiao. He toasted with a glass of wine and said, "My mother-in-law is absolutely right. It's time to train talents. I need to do everything and I will be exhausted. So, my son-in-law I plan to create a school.”
Zhu Ningyun asked and smiled, her pear blossoming: "I know your husband has a way to solve it. What school is it?"
Li Xiao smiled mysteriously and said: "The first entrepreneurship training base in Ming Dynasty! It's time to start mass entrepreneurship and innovation, and set off a new wave of grassroots entrepreneurship. All skills will begin to improve rapidly."
Everyone: "????"
Others don't understand, but Li Xiao understands in his heart that the progress of science and technology is actually the coercion of capital. Countless people start businesses and innovate, and only then can there be hope for change!
The business that today's daimyo merchants do is too ordinary.
It's nothing more than selling what's in the east to the west, buying low and selling high, which any fool can do. What's missing is nothing more than the initial accumulation and connections.
What Li Xiao wants to cultivate is not this kind of businessman, but an innovative businessman. There are too many things that can be innovated now, such as soap, shampoo, toilet paper
Although Xu Miaoyun didn't understand, she still smiled and said: "Li Xiao, I believe you, but what you have done, I can't help you for the time being. In a few days, I will leave for the capital."
After becoming the Crown Princess, she will go to live in the East Palace.
"Mother, my child will miss you."
Zhu Gaoxu cried bitterly.
"Silly boy, my mother-in-law will also miss you. Your brother-in-law and sister are here to accompany you. Listen to their opinions, you know?"
Xu Miaoyun smiled and touched Zhu Gaoxu's head and said softly.
That's it.
In the next few days, everyone chatted with their mother-in-law Xu Miaoyun.
Then Xu Miaoyun handed over most of the property of Prince Yan's Mansion to Zhu Gaoxu, and took a small part of it away himself.
After the handover, everyone sent the mother and concubine far and wide before stopping.
Along the way, Zhang Yu and Zhang Wu led two thousand elite soldiers to escort him into Beijing.
Life has returned to ordinary, but not ordinary either.
Because Zhu Gaoxu began to follow in Zhu Di's footsteps, training troops and learning the art of war every day.
Today, Li's Mansion has been changed to Guogong's Mansion, and the name has been changed to make it more grand.
The title of the Duke can be passed down from generation to generation, and the reward is a food town for ten thousand households. However, in the Ming Dynasty, the food town system gradually weakened, and there were no great rights, but a small share of tax revenue.
Li Xiao received one-tenth of the tax revenue from the entire Wanping and Dong'an counties.
After a rough calculation, a county's tax revenue includes: land tax, household tax, business tax, labor service, etc. The annual tax revenue is 30,000 taels of silver.
The two counties have almost 60,000 taels of silver.
In other words, if Li Xiao sits still, he will receive six thousand taels of silver every year.
As Zhu Gaoxu, as the vassal king, he could get one-tenth of the entire Peiping tax revenue. After these, the rest had to be handed over to the court.
After the imperial edict came down, Li Xiao went to receive the benefit, and then took office as the new prefect of Beiping Prefecture.
Not long after, Yang Shiqi, who was in the capital, also found that he had been transferred to Dong'an County in Peiping to be the county magistrate.
Yang Shiqi was so excited. He heard that Peiping had been managed very well by Li Xiao and was a special zone. The salary was much higher than that of other county governments, so he rushed to Dong'an County and took office.
When welcoming him, the people in the county government were a little unmotivated. They thought Li Xiao would come back, but it turned out that Li Xiao became the Duke of the country and was promoted to the prefect.
As a result, a skinny country boy came.
"Where is the magistrate of your county?"
Yang Shiqi came to the county government office and found that the county magistrate was missing, so he asked curiously.
Someone said: "The county magistrate has gone to hide his debts, but he still dares not go out."
"Hide debt?"
Soon, Yang Shiqi entered the county government office and opened the account books. Then he felt bad. Shen's bank owed 8,000 taels of silver, Zhang's bank owed 3,000 taels of silver, and Li's bank owed 3,000 taels of silver. Accounted for five thousand taels of silver
When Yang Shiqi added up all these, he calculated that the total debt owed was fifty-eight thousand taels.
Numb, completely numb.
Yang Shiqi fell down limply.
The expression on his face was as ugly as if he had eaten shit, and he was about to cry without tears.
Okay, you Li Xiao, you have been promoted to prefect and you are going to leave this mess to me?
No wonder you were so kind and transferred me to the capital, but you were fooled.
Yang Shiqi suddenly felt that it was actually quite good to stay in the capital.
"Yang Shiqi, you're welcome! I'm here to greet you personally. I was delayed by something just now. I'm sorry, sorry, haha."
Just when Yang Shiqi was paralyzed, Li Xiao walked in with a smile, spreading his hands like a friend he hadn't seen for a long time.
"Mr. Yongle, please take a look at your accounts. Why don't you transfer me back to the capital?"
Yang Shiqi held the county government account book with a miserable look on his face.
"Hey, what are you talking about?"
Li Xiao laughed, walked over, pushed Yang Shiqi back to sit on the chair, and said, "Now that he's here, let him be safe."
Yang Shiqi smiled bitterly: "How can I settle down?"
"Look at you, I only owe 50,000 taels and I'm already scaring you. The situation is so small!"
At this time, Li Xiao slapped a brochure in front of Yang Shiqi, "Look what this is?"
Yang Shiqi's eyes dropped.
Written in big letters on the brochure: Based on the current situation in Peiping, a new twenty-year plan for the comprehensive development of Peiping will be customized.
"This is."
Li Xiao laughed and put his hand on Yang Shiqi's shoulder: "Old Yang, work with me to create a prosperous Ming Dynasty!"
Yang Shiqi paused for a moment, then slowly opened it and flipped through a few pages.
Immediately he was stunned
How arrogant, how arrogant, this is directly overthrowing everything in the Ming Dynasty, smashing it, kneading it, and rebuilding it again! !
However, the content inside seems to be unprecedentedly creative! !
Yang Shiqi has been homeless since he was a child. He is the most down-to-earth person among the three Yangs and the one who understands people's livelihood best.
He could feel how rich the people would be if they could really do this.
"Is this really possible? His Majesty will chop off our heads."
Yang Shiqi lowered his head and muttered to himself, his hands trembling a little.
Li Xiao laughed: "Why are you afraid? Are you unwilling to make sacrifices for the people of the world?"
Yes, I shouldn't be afraid
Yang Shiqi asked himself a question, with a kind of heroic ambition in his heart.
"Okay! I'll do it!"
"That's right, roll up your sleeves and work hard, that's it!"
That's it.
A vigorous reform,
is appearing in ancient feudal society.
Time flies slowly, and the years fly by.
Flowers bloom and fall, spring comes and goes.
The sun and moon alternate, and the four seasons rotate.
Ups and downs, everything revives! !
In the blink of an eye.
Five years have passed.
Thirty years of Hongwu.
Royal Palace, Health Palace.
A loud roar sounded.
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the snowflake-like impeachment memorial in front of him and couldn't believe it! !
He stood up suddenly and shouted loudly:
"What? Li Xiao made a mess of Peiping, stole countless silver coins, built a big ship, and ran away with Han Wang Zhu Gaoxu??? How unreasonable!!"
The sound echoed in the hall,
Stay tuned!
(End of chapter)
