living room.
Zhu Yunwen and Wang Jianlin were sitting in the living room drinking tea. They were frequent visitors to the Duke's Mansion.
Wang Jianlin started out as a small businessman, engaged in the real estate business in Peiping, and did quite well.
It was because Zhu Yuanzhang spoke that Li Xiao noticed this person, and then gave him the green light.
In addition, he has a flexible mind, is willing to endure hardships, and is honest in doing business.
The real estate business is booming, and he is already well-known in Beiping City and has quite a fortune.
Li Xiao likes such honest businessmen and is willing to give more support.
No, Li Xiao issued the first cinema business license in the country to Qianda Group, a subsidiary of Wang Jianlin.
And Zhu Yunwen has now become a big director, working in the Historical Film and Television Group under Li Xiao.
In recent years, three promotional films about Li Xiao have been filmed consecutively: "Li Qingtian of the Ming Dynasty", "Li Qingtian of the Ming Dynasty II" and "Li Xiao, the Bandit Hero".
He also made many other documentary films.
Although Li Xiao's role in the latter part is relatively small, the effect is still significant. Li Xiao's reputation in Peking is very high.
"I've met the Duke."
Li Xiao entered the door, Zhu Yunwen and Wang Jianlin stood up quickly and bowed to say hello.
"Well, how did things go?"
Li Xiao sat on the main seat. After the maid poured the tea, she asked straight to the point.
Wang Jianlin raised his hands and said: "Your Excellency, the Qianda Open-Air Cinema has been established and can accommodate 3,000 people watching movies at the same time. It can receive 30,000 guests a day."
Li Xiao nodded slightly and looked at Zhu Yunwen again.
Zhu Yunwen said hurriedly: "My lord, Fan Jinzhongju has finished filming the script you gave me. Please come outside and review it."
When several people came outside, Zhu Yunwen immediately directed the clerk to arrange the equipment and put the movie on the white cloth laid on the wall.
Movie plays slowly
In the picture: Fan Jin returns home from school, and his mother and wife are both happy. Just as he was cooking the pot, he saw his father-in-law, the butcher Hu, walking in with a pair of large intestines and a bottle of wine in his hand. Fan Jin bowed to him and sat down. Butcher Hu said, "I am unlucky enough to marry my daughter to you, a worldly treasure."
Half an hour later.
Li Xiao, who had watched the whole movie, couldn't help but laugh and said: "Okay! The filming was so good, all the essence of the script was captured. The last scene where Fan Jin went crazy, his acting skills were amazing. Where did Fan Jin hire the actor?" ?”
However, Zhu Yunwen said helplessly: "How can these actors be hired? How can these people act? As soon as they got in front of the camera, their expressions were dull and at a loss. I had no choice but to go to the next state capital and find a student who had not passed the exam in thirty years. , played a game to make him think he had won the lottery, and the surrounding villagers also thought he had won the lottery. When he was happy, he really went crazy."
Li Xiao: "."
Zhu Yunwen sighed: "After filming this scene, I realized that the imperial examination system is very harmful to people. It is far less good than the one in Peiping. In Peiping, you only need to go to high school to take the provincial examination and become an official. If you fail, you will not be able to succeed." You can find another job instead of studying hard and driving yourself crazy."
Li Xiao nodded, "Yunwen, I haven't seen you for a few years, you have grown up."
Zhu Yunwen cupped his hands and said: "Thanks to the Duke, I found that being a director is actually quite interesting. I can observe all kinds of life and thousands of things."
"It will be shown in a few days."
Li Xiao ordered.
"Okay! If a movie like this is placed in Qianda, it will definitely be a hit."
Wang Jianlin said with great joy that he was also shocked by the content of the movie just now.
Li Xiao smiled and said: "Boss Wang, remember to have more guys guard the scene on the day of the screening."
Wang Jianlin asked in confusion: "Why?"
Li Xiao said: "I'm afraid those scholars will destroy your cinema."
Wang Jianlin: "????"
The main house of the Duke's Mansion.
"Husband, you are back."
Zhu Ningyun came over and helped Li Xiao take off his outer robe, hang it on the hanger, and put on comfortable slippers for Li Xiao.
"Why are you back so late again?" Zhu Ningyun said angrily.
"I was just talking about something with someone." Li Xiao held Zhu Ningyun's slender waist and said with a bad smile, "I've neglected my lady, so I'll make up for it."
"I hate it, the child is still here." Zhu Ningyun pointed to the bed. Li Wuyou was lying on the bed, sleeping soundly, breathing evenly, and looking extremely cute.
"Wouyou said he was going to wait for you to come back, but he fell asleep while waiting, this kid."
Zhu Ningyun sat beside the bed and gently touched her forehead with a look of love on her face.
It is said that women need children to distract their attention, otherwise they will have random thoughts every day. It is true. Li Xiao worked very hard to adopt an adopted daughter, which gave Ningyun something to worry about.
Li Xiao sat on the edge of the bed, gently squeezed her little feet, and said, "Wouyou has really grown up, she is so long now. I remember when I first brought her back, she was just as big as her penis. Time flies so fast."
"Yes, time flies so fast." Zhu Ningyun said: "In a blink of an eye, Wuyou is now five years old. He has grown more and more, and his homework is also the first in the main hall."
Li Xiao nodded: "My wife's teachings are better."
Li Xiao still liked this daughter very much, she was lovable, sensible and obedient.
Unlike Zhu Gaochi's son Zhu Zhanji, who was naughty and mischievous all day long, and Zhu Gaoxu's son Zhu Zhanhe, who was dull-witted.
Zhu Ningyun said: "It would be great if Wuyou can find a husband who loves her as much as his father in the future."
Li Xiao smiled and said: "It's hard to find in the world, so it's just Madam who found it."
Zhu Ningyun hummed: "Look at how proud you are, I also know that a man like you will never be found in the world again."
"Hehe." Li Xiao gently picked up Li Wuyou, kissed her on the forehead, turned and walked towards the next room: "I will carry her back to the room, we can't let this little girl spoil our good deeds, hehe .”
After taking Li Wuyou away, Li Xiao came back and found Zhu Ningyun sitting at the table in the room, lighting a candle, pointing at some books on the table, and said angrily: "Xiaolang, look at how these literati scolded You are really disgusting."
"I've heard about it for a long time. I don't know how these people scolded me. I want to see it."
Li Xiao came and sat next to his wife. The two sat side by side. They randomly picked up a book and opened it to read. The content inside was really
These literati were really good at writing. Although they didn't say a single curse word, they wanted to scold all eighteen generations of Li Xiao's ancestors.
In short, he scolded Li Xiao for causing harm to the country and the people. He was comparable to Cai Jing of the Song Dynasty, Zhao Gao of the Qin Dynasty, and Guo Kai of the Zhao State during the Warring States Period. Relying on his high position and power, he started to mess around and was about to bring down the country.
In the future, if the country is in turmoil and everyone has no food to eat, this person will be blamed
"Hehehe"
Li Xiao chuckled, a bunch of short-sighted rotten scholars.
"Xiaolang, don't feel too uncomfortable. I will ask people to buy all these books tomorrow and destroy them."
Zhu Ningyun hugged Li Xiao, fearing that he would feel uncomfortable.
"It's okay, my husband can still bear it."
Li Xiao took a sip of tea, stood up slowly, and recalled that he had done the right thing at this time, but was not understood by countless people, so he couldn't help but recite:
"What do you want from Yunjiao Huagai? You have already met before you dare to turn over.
I pass through the bustling city with my broken hat, and my boat is full of wine.
Thousand pointing fingers, head bowed as a willing ox.
Hide in the small building and become a unified body, caring about winter, summer, spring and autumn. "
The words fell.
Zhu Ningyun was stunned.
A poem describes Xiaolang's high spirit and grand structure.
Especially the sentence "With a cold eyebrow and a thousand fingers, bowing one's head and willing to be a coward" made Zhu Ningyun's soul tremble.
A person with great ideals will stick to his ambitions and stance and never change no matter how the world changes!
Xiaolang has such lofty ambitions, I should walk with him and face everything.
Zhu Ningyun looked at Li Xiao with admiration and thought in her heart.
At the same time, Li Xiao heard a long-lost sound in his ears.
【Ding! You have given birth to a higher ideal, your souls are intertwined, and your dreams resonate. It has surpassed the undying love in the world, and no one in the world can match it. When Ningyun's favorability towards you is +0.1, the current favorability is 99.6. Please keep improving. When the favorability reaches 100, you will receive the ultimate gift package. 】
At this time, the favorability score between the two is already 99.6 and is about to reach 100.
The first improvement was when the two of them made great ambitions at the same time, and from the moment they planned to work hard for the prosperous Ming Dynasty, their love was sublimated and reached 99.1.
The next improvement will be when Beiping undergoes earth-shaking changes, and the people have access to care for their old age and medical treatment. After such a prosperous scene, it will increase to 99.4.
Then, after conquering the Japanese state, the Ming Dynasty received a large amount of gold and silver tribute resources from the Japanese state, which increased it to 99.5.
And just now, it improved to 99.6, only 0.4 away from 100%.
Li Xiao probably understood that as long as the two of them fulfilled their grand ambition of creating a prosperous Ming Dynasty, they would get the ultimate gift package.
"I want to secretly show this poem to my father. He will know how much Li Xiao has suffered in private."
Zhu Ningyun was overjoyed, thinking this in her heart.
Because my husband has too much power now. Although he is my husband and my father’s son-in-law, and he once saved his father’s life, the relationship is extremely harmonious. But we still have to pay attention to it. After all, my father is now the Holy Emperor, not the emperor. The prince is here.
"Madam, what are you thinking about?"
Li Xiao held Zhu Ningyun's hand and said, "No, it's nothing. I'm just worried that you'll be unhappy. Since you're fine, I'll feel at ease."
"It's a small thing." Li Xiao said with a smile: "Just treat what they said as farts. These people who scolded me must be people who resigned from their positions. Just wait and see. They will come back crying and shouting soon." "
Zhu Ningyun smiled and said: "I knew my husband would have the best solution."
After saying that, she took out the account book again and said: "Husband, let me show you the financial situation of our house. Hehe, we are now the richest people in the Ming Dynasty. There are 180 million taels of silver in the house's warehouse, and the industry includes iron ore. , three copper mines, with an annual income of 5 million taels, and Li's Buhang Group, with an annual income of 5 million taels. These are the main industries, and the rest is investment returns. There are more than 30 investment businessmen, and they receive a dividend of 1 million taels per year. Ten million taels. The Li Film and Television Group can make a profit of five million taels every year. The total annual fixed income is about 25 million taels. It is really as rich as the country!"
Zhu Ningyun also lamented that in just ten years, the house had made so much money.
In fact, Li Xiao considered the arsenal, railway group, fertilizer group, cement group, and other industries as state-owned enterprises. They used money from the yamen to invest, and the returns also went to the yamen, and the money produced was used for services. The public provides military expenditures, schools and other expenditures.
Otherwise, Li Xiao could make even more if he privatized these.
But Li Xiao still understands this truth. If he really becomes an oligarch, Zhu Di will definitely have something in mind.
"With my wife running the house, I have nothing to worry about. She can just make the decision."
Li Xiao smiled slightly: "We don't need to expand our industry anymore. We can't spend all the money we earn in our lifetime, so what's the point? For us, money is just a number."
Zhu Ningyun nodded and said: "I feel the same way. The money is getting more and more. It is really like a number. We have two mouths and we can't finish the delicacies of the mountains and seas every day."
Li Xiao suggested: "Madam, I want to use part of this money for charity."
Zhu Ningyun said: "What does charity mean? Is it to help the poor?"
Li Xiao shook his head: "It's not about helping the poor. It's about donating some money to let the yamen in poor counties build schools so that children from poor families can afford to go to school. Think about it, if we cancel the imperial examination, there must be families with common people. Children also want to go to school, but they can't afford the tuition fees and can never change their destiny. Just think of it as a kind act and help a little. At the same time, it can also promote employment and create more teaching positions. Teachers are gardeners and cannot be left behind. "
Zhu Ningyun nodded: "Husband, I understand, leave this matter to me. After you really cancel the imperial examination, we will use the money to donate to the school."
Li Xiao nodded, "Madam is so considerate."
The two looked at each other and smiled. After ten years of getting along, they were still in love with each other.
Generally speaking, the shelf life of love is only thirty months. Thirty months is enough time for a man and a woman to meet, date, and even get married and have children.
After this series of processes is completed.
Both parties in love will no longer have heartbeats and sweating, and will completely enter a period of slackness.
In ten years, after the seven-year itch, most couples will become accustomed to feelings, and then let them take their own course, slowly becoming numb, and the love will turn into family affection.
Li Xiao and Ningyun can still be so affectionate and as close as a couple in love.
First, because the two of them share great ideals, they only have topics to talk about every day. Otherwise, they would have nothing to talk about for many years. This is just the foundation.
Furthermore, both parties need to maintain a certain distance, rather than being together 24 hours a day, each having their own space.
Li Xiao has experienced this before, only a short farewell is better than a new marriage.
In addition, Li Xiao often wakes up and prepares some small surprises and romances.
Add some spice to life. For example, Li Xiao will remain mysterious. When the mystery is no longer there, it will gradually become dull.
Create surprises and give the other person unexpected romance.
This is the secret to making love fresh.
"Just do a trick."
Li Xiao smiled slightly, then shook the flame in his hand and conjured a rose.
"It has changed before"
Zhu Ningyun took it with a smile, "But I like it."
Half an hour later.
【Ding! You and Zhu Ningyun are in deep love, and your love is so strong that you don’t envy mandarin ducks or immortals. Earn sweet points: 20,000 points. Trigger a 100x critical hit and get sweet points: 2,000,000 points. 】
There was a slight drop of sweat on the lover's forehead. Ningyun smiled and said: "Xiaolang, it feels like ten years have passed and we are still young."
Speaking of this, Zhu Ningyun pulled off Li Xiao's mustache and said, "Tell me the truth, did you secretly take some elixir for me?"
Li Xiao sweated on his forehead: "How can there be any elixir of life in this world?"
Zhu Ningyun said strangely: "But this is too strange. Everyone around me is getting older, and it's just the two of us?"
Li Xiao said nonsensically: "The nourishment of love can make people younger." After that, they kissed again. How long can it last?
"Liar. Yeah."
【Ding! You and Zhu Ningyun are in deep love, and your love is so strong that you don’t envy mandarin ducks or immortals. Earn sweet points: 20,000 points. Trigger a 100x critical hit and get sweet points: 2,000,000 points. 】
[Current points: 456 million. 】
Nowadays, it has become a trend among literati to scold the imperial master.
Every day, the first thing those who resigned from office did when they got up was to sit at their desks, think hard, and start writing an article criticizing the Ming Dynasty Imperial Master.
Then he would show off his articles in restaurants or places where literati gathered, or print them directly into books and distribute them to everyone.
Whoever scolds well will be praised by everyone.
When officials from Nanjing came to Beiping City, the entire ecology changed, and they complained a lot about Li Xiao.
First, the house is gone and a house needs to be bought.
The houses in Beiping City are not only small, but also expensive.
The second entrance to the small courtyard costs two thousand taels of silver.
Three to five hundred taels can only buy a small flat floor.
Then you have to spend money everywhere.
The cost of hiring a servant is much higher than that of a servant in Nanjing.
And they couldn't bring servants from out of town to Peking.
Once brought to Peiping, they must abide by Peiping's rules. The servants can find a job without their slave status and leave directly.
The reason why these resigned officials did not return to Nanjing.
In fact, I was a little reluctant to part with it.
Because apart from the high housing prices and expensive servant fees, everything else in Peiping is good.
The silk and satin here are much cheaper than elsewhere.
Food is spread all over the world, with various cuisines and delicious dishes at affordable prices, as well as wine, liquor, and beer.
Fruits and vegetables are extremely cheap, and there are also fruits that are never available outside, such as seedless watermelon, seedless grapes, durian, and strawberry.
If you have a headache or a fever, there are medical clinics everywhere that can cure you quickly.
There are watchmen everywhere, and the security is very good. There is no curfew at night, so you can have fun all night long.
It's so prosperous that people can't bear to leave
In short, while enjoying the prosperity brought by Li Xiao, these people cursed Li Xiao to protect their own and their family's interests.
In addition to the officials who resigned, more and more literati and scholars joined the ranks of those who scolded Li Xiao.
Continuing to maintain the imperial examination so that they can become officials and enjoy the benefits of prosperity is what the Confucian scholars in the world want to see.
No, under Xie Jin's guidance.
Today, a group of officials and scholars went to the Duke's Mansion and started causing trouble.
Outside the Duke's mansion, there were nearly three hundred people standing. The leader was Bo, the former head of the Ministry of Rites, named Gu Xiu.
Except for the dozen or so officials who made trouble together, the rest were all local gentry in Peiping. For ten years, they had been unable to take part in the imperial examination or pass the provincial examination to become officials. They were very dissatisfied with this and wished that Li Xiao would collapse quickly.
"The imperial examination is a national policy that has been used to recruit talents for thousands of years and cannot be canceled at will!"
Gu Xiu clenched his fists and shouted outside the Duke's Mansion: "The Imperial Master comes out to give an explanation to the world's literati!"
"The imperial examination is a national policy that has been used to recruit talents for thousands of years. It cannot be canceled at will! The national master comes out to give an explanation to the world's literati!"
Countless Confucian scholars and remaining officials clenched their fists and shouted loudly.
With such a shout, more and more people gathered in the Duke's Mansion.
"If you cancel the imperial examination, the country will be ruined! The great master of the Ming Dynasty will bring disaster to the country and the people!"
"The Great Master of the Ming Dynasty, Zhao Gao is reincarnated! The treacherous ministers are harming the country, and the people are in dire straits!"
The literati stood outside the Duke's Mansion, pumping their fists constantly to incite arrogance, and shouting more and more energetically.
When you feel tired from shouting, you rest where you are. After you have rested, you continue to stand up and shout.
The guards in the palace came out with knives to stop me, but these people were not afraid at all. If they had the ability, they would kill me, which means they would sacrifice their lives for the country.
However, in the Duke's mansion, Li Xiao couldn't hear these curses at all. He was looking at Erlang's legs and listening to music with Zhu Gaoxu in the mansion.
"Brother-in-law, do you want me to take someone out and beat up those stinky old men outside?" Zhu Gaoxu was not in the mood to listen to the show and said angrily.
"No, the more you beat these people, the more energetic they will become. They all have strong character." Li Xiao smiled and said, "We have to break their character."
"How to break it?" Zhu Gaoxu asked.
"Watch a show, watch a show"
Li Xiao smiled and pointed at the stage, then continued to eat melon seeds.
Outside the Duke's Mansion.
The literati have gathered nearly two thousand people.
More and more Confucian scholars rushed over, and the momentum became louder and louder.
The other side.
Thanks to Li Xiongzhi's propaganda, many people also got the news.
When the people heard this, they became angry.
What? ?
Without Mr. Li Qingtian, how could Peking have such a good life now? ?
Lord Li Qingtian is the God of Ming Dynasty!
In the past, everyone could not afford to eat, and if they had no land, they could only work as tenants and be exploited by others.
Even if you have land, you have to pay taxes all year round, and you don’t have much money in your hands. You can’t eat meat or meat all year round.
But since Li Qingtian arrived, he told everyone that he only had three things when he came to Peiping, and that was fairness, fairness, and fairness!
Li Qingtian truly achieved fairness!
Everyone does not need to pay taxes, head tax, land tax
The household registration is directly cancelled, and everyone can do what they want!
You can be a craftsman, you can be a farmer, you can be a worker.
In short, there is no need to be a slave, and there is no need to worry about not being able to afford food.
Now, as long as you have hands and feet, you are not afraid of hardship.
Anyone can have a bite to eat and won’t starve to death!
It can also allow the children at home to go to school, and have the opportunity to become an official or get a better job in the future, which is something I never dared to think about before.
But these scholars are really ignorant!
You just inherited the protection of your ancestors and recognized a few bird characters, and you can be the local landlords, tax-free, and officials for generations to come.
If this is the case, how can we ordinary people get ahead? ?
Now, who of us doesn’t know a few words?
The children at home have already learned all the characters and can even write articles!
You are no longer a privileged class!
Dare to insult our Ming Dynasty Lord Li Qingtian?
Have you asked us for our opinion? !
ps: I have a bad cold. My tonsils are inflamed and my throat is sore. It hurts to swallow my saliva. I can’t stand it anymore. Sorry for the short word count in the update.
(End of chapter)
