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In the past six months, a new teahouse model suddenly emerged in various places in the Ming Dynasty, which was called "book teahouse" by the people. This teahouse combined the two industries of storytelling and tea drinking, and different storytellers were invited every day. The tea guests chatted and made interesting remarks.
Before the rise of calligraphy and teahouses, storytelling was just a low-level industry under the overpass. It relied on a few rewards from passers-by and listeners to make a living. Teahouses were just places to quench thirst and rest, and most of them had a lukewarm business. However, after the two were combined in one place, they became amazing. vitality.
The Book Teahouse is not as noisy as Tianqiao Storytelling, nor as boring as ordinary teahouses. It also cleverly combines the fun of Storytelling with the leisure environment of the teahouse, making it ideal for the people of the Ming Dynasty who were extremely short of entertainment activities. It can be said that the attraction is unparalleled, and it soon attracted a large number of customers. The seats were full and lively all day long, and there were even many idle people staying here all day long.
Nowadays, most of the teahouses in the capital have invited storytellers and have been transformed into book teahouses. For teahouse customers, drinking tea is just a medium, and listening to storytellers and joining in the fun are the main purposes.
The storytellers in book teahouses are also very particular. Long before the rise of book teahouses, an unknown business firm gathered folk storytellers together and formed the "storytelling guild". After the "storytelling guild" was established, it not only summarized He gained experience in storytelling, compiled many new stories, formulated strict rules, and even completely monopolized the storytelling industry.
Ordinary storytellers only know how to tell some old-fashioned stories, such as "White Snake", "Bao Gong", "Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai", etc. These stories are already known to everyone, so naturally they cannot attract the audience, but those " The storytellers in the "Storytelling Guild" are constantly telling new stories every day, whether they are bizarre ghost stories or passionate fairy tales, they are all irresistible and attract countless audiences.
Four months ago, the "Pingshu Guild" made an astonishing move. They compiled a brand new story called "The Complete Story of Yue Fei", which mainly tells the story of the national hero Yue Fei's anti-golden legend, and it is All commentators in the guild were organized to update simultaneously in all teahouses in the capital. After a listener listened to the third chapter of "The Complete Story of Yue" at the South Street Teahouse the day before, he could continue to listen to it at the North Street Teahouse the next day. The fourth episode of "The Complete Story of Yue Shuo", you don't have to worry about missing any exciting plot.
The story of Yue Fei has long been circulated among the people, and "The Complete Story of Yue Fei" is the summary and sublimation of these folk tales. It dwarfs all previous works on the same theme, and it has become a stereotyped work on the heroic legend theme.
When "The Complete Story of Yue Fei" was updated simultaneously across the city, the response was extremely strong. When the audience heard that Yue Fei was about to go straight to Huanglong Mansion, everyone was excited and cheered. When the audience After hearing that Yue Fei was recalled from Twelve Gold Medals and died unjustly because of "unfounded" charges, everyone cursed loudly, and many people even couldn't help crying on the spot.
For a time, people all over the capital were rushing to discuss "The Complete Biography of Yue Shuo", and the "Pingshu Guild" established its status in one fell swoop. From then on, the common people in the capital also recognized the "Pingshu Guild" as its Storytellers, if a storyteller is not recognized by the "storytelling guild", he will also be boycotted by the majority of the audience.
The most important thing is that after listening to the story of "Shuo Yue Quan Zhuan", the vast majority of people have the germination of "national consciousness" in their hearts, realize the threat of nomads to Han people, and understand the way to resist foreign invasion. importance, and began to be proud of their national heroes!
It was against this background that the news that Zhao Junchen annihilated the Mongolian coalition's 100,000 troops in one fell swoop spread throughout the capital.
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In the back streets of Beifu in the capital, there is a teahouse called Yuelai Teahouse. After seeing the prosperous business of the book teahouse a few days ago, it also changed into a book teahouse, and managed to invite people from the "storytelling guild" Zhang Yunqing, a well-known storyteller, is indeed a great storyteller. The same stories told by him are more interesting and moving than other storytellers. He quickly attracted countless audiences. Yuelai Teahouse has been a famous storyteller ever since. Business is prosperous and financial resources are abundant.
By now, the owner of Yuelai Teahouse has regarded Zhang Yunqing as the God of Wealth.
On this day, it was only a quarter of the morning, and Yuelai Tea House was already full of customers, all of whom came to listen to Zhang Yunqing's commentary.
At three quarters, when all the customers were getting impatient, they saw a thin old man walking out of the back hall. The customers in the teahouse immediately cheered loudly, and everyone looked excited. color.
This thin old man is Zhang Yunqing, a well-known storyteller.
After Zhang Yunqing took the stage, he first gestured to the audience, and then raised his voice and said: "Today, I will tell you a brand new story. This story happened just a month ago, and it is the same as the story of "The Complete Story of Yue Shuo". The story is similar, it is also about a great hero of our Han people who turned the tide and fought against the Tatars!"
Hearing Zhang Yunqing's words, the audience was slightly startled. Many smart people quickly thought of the news from the government, saying that Zhao Junchen wiped out 100,000 Mongolian troops in the Battle of the Weishui River. matter.
So, one person asked loudly: "Mr. Zhang, are you going to tell the story about Zhao Junchen annihilating the 100,000 Mongolian army in a battle on the south bank of the Wei River? Is this true?"
Another person asked: "The court only received the good news yesterday. Mr. Zhang, why did you use it to tell a story today? Isn't it just a random fabrication?"
Zhang Yunqing smiled and replied: "First of all, Mr. Zhao's story of annihilating the Mongolian coalition forces in one battle is absolutely true. Even the Mongolian coach Bagan became a prisoner. It can be said to be irrefutable evidence... As for the old man being able to take this out so quickly I am telling you this because our 'storytelling guild' has some relationship with the government and can receive the latest and most detailed news from the court in a timely manner. Naturally, we will not make up random things to fool everyone! I assure you that I will The stories told are all real deeds, and the twists and turns of the legend are not inferior to the "The Complete Biography of Shuo Yue" published a few days ago!"
Most of the audience in the venue were Zhang Yunqing's biggest fans. They quickly believed Zhang Yunqing's explanation and listened attentively. Yuelai Tea House also quickly became quiet.
After Zhang Yunqing cleared his throat, he clapped his hands and began to speak: "But two hundred and eighty years ago, our Ming Dynasty experienced the greatest humiliation since Emperor Taizu, and that was civil engineering During the Battle of Fort, the Mongolian Oara tribe repeatedly invaded the territory of the Ming Dynasty. The orthodox emperor personally led an army of 200,000 to conquer, but in the end they ushered in a disastrous defeat. Even the orthodox emperor and the Manchu civil and military officials became prisoners of the Mongol Oara! Fortunately, Yu Qian, an eternally famous minister, was born in time and turned the tide in the capital to defeat the Wala army. Otherwise, we Han people would have become slaves to the subjugation of our country, and the tragedy of the late Song Dynasty and the early Yuan Dynasty would have reappeared in the world..."
Next, Zhang Yunqing briefly explained the process of the capital defense battle, and then said: "However, with the decline of the Oara tribe, various tribes in the grassland have also suffered hardships, and one of its branches has escaped to the west of Mobei. Claiming to be the Junggar tribe, after more than a hundred years of hiding their courage, the strength of the Junggar tribe has greatly increased, far better than that of Oara. In recent years, a hero has emerged. This person is named Galdan. He led the Junggar tribe to fight endlessly in the Western Regions. In just ten years, he destroyed 13 countries and massacred 47 cities. He dominated the Western Regions, Qinghai, Mobei and other places. Nageldan also called himself Khan. The Junggar Khanate was established, and its vast territory is no less vast than our Ming Dynasty...
...A year ago, the Junggar Khanate had conquered all the surrounding countries, and turned its attention to the Mongolian grassland again. Galdan sent General Bagan to lead an army of 50,000 people. Under the direction of the soldiers, the Mongolian right wing The major tribes only resisted for just one year before surrendering! You know, these Mongolian tribes have always been a major worry for our Ming Dynasty. Every year, we are unable to do anything about the invading bandits. But even they are not the opponents of the Junggar Khanate, let alone those weak border troops. Already...
...Seeing the threat of the Junggar Khanate, the governors and soldiers of Shaanxi and Gansu were frightened and could not sleep at night, but whatever they were afraid of came. After the Junggar Khanate conquered the right-wing ministries of Mongolia, it immediately set its sights on our Ming Dynasty. Territory, formed a Mongolian coalition with more than 100,000 troops, ambitious to enslave us Han people again like the Yuan Dynasty...
...After learning such news, the governors and soldiers in Shaanxi and Gansu were even more frightened! In order to maintain temporary peace, they secretly withheld the disaster relief money and food from the court and detained the fleeing people in the territory. They actually wanted to give these disaster relief money and food and the fleeing people to the Junggar tribe in exchange for Junggar's temporary withdrawal..."
Under Zhang Yunqing's description, the audience understood the huge threat posed by the Junggar Khanate and showed concern. Now, after hearing the appeasement actions of the governors of Shaanxi and Gansu, they also cursed.
During this period, another person in the venue asked: "Mr. Zhang, when the governors of the northwest wanted to send disaster relief grain and grass and fleeing people to the Mongols to beg for peace, there were a lot of rumors these days. I didn't believe it at first, but I heard it. Is it true what you say?"
Zhang Yunqing hesitated for a moment, but then said: "There must be a source for this groundless rumor! This matter has caused such a big fuss, so naturally it is not just a rumor."
During this period of time, folk scholars have been panicked because of a "literary disaster". However, under the promotion of the "storytelling guild", folk storytellers have started to comment on government affairs. At this time, Zhang Yunqing was commenting on books. There are not many taboos.
As far as Zhang Yunqing knew, the "Pingshu Guild" had a very deep background and had a close relationship with Yin Huo Zhengyuan of Shuntian Prefecture. It also had connections with the General Affairs Department, so just commenting on current affairs would not cause much trouble.
Then, without waiting for the audience to ask more questions, Zhang Yunqing added: "Fortunately, the imperial court discovered the disappearance of the disaster relief grain and grass in time, but sent Zhao Junchen, the Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue, to investigate the truth on the three sides of Shaanxi and Gansu! Looking back now, this Perhaps God was secretly blessing the Han people. At that time, no one thought that Mr. Zhao was actually a versatile civil and military talent no less talented than Yu Qian. After he arrived at the three sides of Shaanxi and Gansu, he not only stopped Shaanxi and Gansu in time, The evil deeds of the governors even wiped out 100,000 troops of the Mongolian coalition in one fell swoop, severely damaging the ambitions of the Junggar Khanate, and averting a catastrophic disaster for us Han people!"
Then, Zhang Yunqing told in detail what Zhao Junchen had done during this period in an passionate tone, from when Zhao Junchen became aware of the conspiracy of the governors in the northwest to when Zhao Junchen suddenly appeared in Huamachi Camp and dismissed the governors of the three sides. Wang Zheng, then Zhao Junchen personally took charge of the military and political affairs of Shaanxi and Gansu to rectify the border troops, and then how Zhao Junchen painstakingly planned to personally lead the army to fight the main force of the Mongolian coalition. The final climax was when Zhao Junchen wiped out 100,000 Mongolian coalition forces in one fell swoop on the south bank of the Wei River. Soldiers and horses even captured the Mongolian coach Bagan alive!
While telling the story, Zhang Yunqing went to great lengths to show off Zhao Junchen's upright image. In Zhang Yunqing's words, Zhao Junchen was simply the Wen Quxing and the Wu Quxing who were reincarnated into one body at the same time. He could not be said to be the savior of the Han people. Too much!
Of course, Zhang Yunqing either didn't mention a word about the various dark methods used by Zhao Junchen during the battle against the Mongolian coalition forces, or used a Spring and Autumn style of writing to mention it in one sentence.
This is how history has been tampered with.
Zhang Yunqing's story has obviously been carefully compiled and compiled by an expert. Zhang Yunqing's eloquence and speaking skills are indeed very good. When he told it, it was melodious and vivid, and it quickly attracted all the attention of the audience. , when it comes to the thrilling parts, everyone holds their breath, and when it comes to the thrilling parts, everyone cheers loudly!
The people in the capital are not like the people in Shaanxi and Gansu who have suffered from the Mongolian invasion for many years. After the people in Shaanxi and Gansu learn about Zhao Junchen's great achievements in annihilating the Mongolian coalition forces, they will immediately regard Zhao Junchen as a benefactor and hero, and the people in the capital all He is well-informed, but he will not change his prejudices just because of such a "little thing".
But now, because of the foreshadowing of "The Complete Biography of Yue Shuo", most of the people who are keen on storytelling understand the concept of ethnicity, and are most unable to resist Zhao Junchen's heroic deeds against foreigners.
By the time Zhang Yunqing finished telling the story, it was already a quarter past noon.
At this time, it was already lunch time for the common people, but the audience at Yuelai Teahouse forgot about their hunger and just stayed in the teahouse to discuss Zhao Junchen's heroic deeds excitedly.
But gradually, the audience came back to their senses from the story and felt that something was wrong.
Isn’t Zhao Junchen a corrupt official known to the world? How did he become a national hero in Zhang Yunqing's mouth?
Soon, someone raised a question loudly.
"Mr. Zhang, your story is indeed wonderful, and we don't want to believe you, but I have always heard that Zhao Junchen is an unlearned jester and a corrupt official. How come he has become a corrupt official with you?" A hero and a virtuous man?"
Zhang Yunqing had obviously been prepared for a long time, and immediately replied: "Everyone, the rumors in the world are all based on what others say, and many of them are deliberately framed by people with ulterior motives. We must not believe it, but we cannot believe it entirely! Many people say that Zhao Your Excellency, he is uneducated and incompetent, but please don’t forget that Mr. Zhao was born as the number one scholar, and he is also the youngest number one scholar in the Ming Dynasty in the past hundred years. If this is considered to be uneducated and incompetent, then there will be no disaster in this world. There are no educated people anymore. Even though I have been studying since childhood and have hundreds of books, I am afraid I will become an illiterate white man."
Hearing what Zhang Yunqing said, everyone in the teahouse burst into laughter.
In fact, the person who raised the question was a trustee arranged by the "Storytelling Guild". He deliberately asked this question, allowing Zhang Yunqing to easily find the easiest place to refute.
When rebutting, Zhang Yunqing did not insist on his opinion, but only listed some "facts" to guide the audience's thinking.
Zhang Yunqing paused and then said: "As for Mr. Zhao being a jester and a corrupt official, I'm afraid it was deliberately framed by his political opponents in the DPRK. Please think back, before Mr. Zhao became the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, which one Isn't the first thing that the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs did after he took office was to increase taxes for ordinary people like us? Since Mr. Zhao took office, the taxes of us ordinary people have been reduced. If Mr. Zhao is a corrupt official, then the taxes of the previous households will be reduced. What is a minister? We are all common people in the capital, and we often hear rumors about government affairs. Mr. Zhao has been rectifying business taxes and reforming agricultural affairs during this period, but he has done a lot of practical things, but those with good reputations What did the officials do? We have never heard of it. If Mr. Zhao is just a jester, what are the other officials?"
Following Zhang Yunqing's rebuttal, everyone in the teahouse started talking again.
After a period of discussion, under Zhang Yunqing's deliberate guidance, many people changed their views on Zhao Junchen. They only felt that Zhao Junchen was not only a national hero and a virtuous and famous official, but also a person who was deliberately targeted by political opponents. He has been framed and misunderstood by the world for many years, but he never speaks out to defend himself. He is just a saint who works hard!
For a moment, everyone in the teahouse kept praising, and they felt that they had understood the truth.
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While everyone in the teahouse was having a heated discussion, no one noticed that a man in a robe suddenly stood up and left in the corner.
This man has been silently observing everyone's reactions since he sat in the teahouse. Now after seeing the change in everyone's attitudes, a hint of sarcasm and pride flashed in his eyes.
This man's name is Zhao Zhen. He has two identities. One is a confidant of Zhao Junchen's house, and the other is the person in charge of the "Pingshu Guild" in the capital.
In fact, the "Storytelling Guild" was established by Zhao Zhen at Zhao Junchen's suggestion.
The heroic deeds of Zhao Junchen that Zhang Yunqing talked about that day were also due to Zhao Zhen's secret arrangement.
The same situation is constantly appearing in all teahouses in the capital on this day, and will soon spread to all teahouses throughout the Ming Dynasty.
Sometimes, it is not difficult to guide public opinion. All you need to do is let the people realize the "truth" themselves.
Zhao Zhen showed up at Yuelai Teahouse today precisely to inspect the effectiveness of such a plan.
In the end, Zhao Zhen was deeply satisfied with the response from the people.
After being satisfied, Zhao Zhen stopped staying and immediately left Yuelai Teahouse.
After leaving the teahouse, Zhao Zhen hired a carriage and soon arrived near the Zhao Mansion.
Zhao Zhen needs to report what he saw to Ruyi's wife Fang Ru.
Originally, Zhao Zhen ordered the carriage driver to drive directly to the door of the Zhao Mansion, so that he could enter the Zhao Mansion directly after getting off the car.
However, as soon as the carriage entered the streets near Zhao's residence, it was soon unable to move.
Because, since the news spread that Zhao Junchen joined the cabinet to assist the government and was named the new uncle, so many people came to visit the Zhao Mansion on this day, and there were too many carriages and sedan chairs parked outside the Zhao Mansion. , actually completely blocked the entire street, and Zhao Zhen's carriage could not approach Zhao's house at all.
Therefore, Zhao Zhen had no choice but to walk back to Zhao Mansion.
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Well, the first update is still a big chapter.
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