The ninth day of September in the second year of Wanli is the Double Ninth Festival. Zhu Yijun served the two palaces and climbed Jingshan Mountain to enjoy the autumn colors of Xiyuan. He also rejoiced with important ministers, nobles, and officials, and climbed high and looked far away together.
Since the harem and foreign ministers cannot be in the same place, the viewing areas are separated. The inner court, surrounded by the Queen Mother and concubines, were drinking, eating crabs, admiring chrysanthemums and playing in the yellow enclosure on the top of the mountain. Zhu Yijun and his nobles and ministers were in another enclosure a hundred steps away.
Zhu Yijun first went to the two palaces to sit with her for a while. Because of the passing of Concubine Ye, he paid special attention this time and did not show any abnormality among the beauties surrounded by her.
After chatting and joking for a while, seeing the maid next to Queen Mother Rensheng taking out the jade mahjong again, the corners of Zhu Yijun's mouth twitched, thinking to himself whether he had released something extraordinary.
The phenomenon of mahjong addiction has been studied by boring psychologists in later generations. Its allure even exceeds that of gambling addiction - and gambling addiction is no less harmful than drug addiction.
In later generations, both men and women are addicted to mahjong, but there are more women addicts than men. Most of the unemployed middle-aged and elderly women have some.
The most famous male addict is Liang Qichao, whose famous saying is: "Only by playing mahjong can one forget to study, and only by studying can one forget to play mahjong." When he returned from Europe in 1919, he was invited to give a speech. , Liang Qichao actually replied: "I don't have time, I have four people to do their homework."
The reason is probably that fun and gambling are mixed, which is the ultimate enjoyment for those who need to kill time.
Queen Mother Rensheng had been living idle in the harem for many years, and she had long been bored out of her mind. She loved to play Ma Diao before - but the complexity of Ma Diao was nothing compared to Mahjong. Therefore, after Zhu Yijun invented mahjong, Rensheng had to do "four people's homework" every day.
Later, Ci Sheng faded out of government affairs and was beaten several times by Ren Sheng, who easily became addicted. Nowadays, harem mahjong has become popular, and the ladies of the capital are following the trend. In less than a year, it is said that this mahjong has spread to Sichuan and Guangdong, and the gameplay has even begun to mutate.
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Zhu Yijun saw the two palaces starting to play mahjong. At the beginning, he sat behind Cisheng and gave her instructions. After firing two cannons in a row, he realized that his level was far behind.
After receiving a sideways look from Cisheng, he walked out of the harem and went to the group of distinguished ministers. Although there are some people who like to play mahjong among the nobles, among the ministers and officials, they are all very solemn and no one mentions it.
At this time, the officials knew that Zhu Yijun didn't like rhetoric, so they didn't need to spend so much time writing poems to praise saints. They were all very boring.
Seeing that there was some silence, the people present looked for topics to talk about. They surrounded the two newly promoted earls, Ning Yuanbo Li Chengliang and Jinghaibo Qi Jiguang, who had been rewarded in Beijing, to flatter them and talk about military affairs.
Only this time did Zhu Yijun see General Li Chengliang, who had influenced Liaodong for fifty years in the original time and space, supported Nurhachi, removed the Six Kuandian Fortresses, made the Nurhachi family bigger and finally was on the verge of becoming the world's leader. ——The previous investiture ceremony was hosted by the Ministry of Rites and presided over by the British Crown Prince. Zhu Yijun did not attend.
Li Chengliang is forty-nine years old this year. His courtesy name is Ruqi and his nickname is Yincheng. He is from Tieling, Liaodong. His ancestors fled to Korea to avoid the chaos in the late Tang Dynasty.
According to Ming history, during the Hongwu period, Li Ying, the great ancestor of Li Chengliang, annexed the Ming Dynasty from Korea and was given the title of Tieling Guard to command Qianshi.
According to research conducted by later generations of Korean historians, the Li Chengliang family is believed to have originated from the Lee family in Xingzhou, Korea; according to research conducted by Japanese scholar Sonoda Kazuki in the 1930s, it is believed that the Li Chengliang family was originally a Jurchen living in the south of the Yalu River. At the end of the 14th century, under the leadership of the founder Li Yingni, he moved from Korea to Tieling. He was later incorporated into the Ming Dynasty Guards and served as an official. ——It can be seen that the so-called historical research is all for the sake of national interests.
At this time, Ning Yuanbo's inner understanding certainly believed that he was a die-hard Han Chinese. Zhu Yijun saw that he had broad eyebrows and big eyes, a square face, a majestic appearance, a bear's waist and a monkey's arms. His thick beard was trimmed into a peach shape. From appearance to temperament, he was the choice of a general, and compared with Qi Jiguang next to him.
For Li Chengliang, although he received a knighthood from the court this time, there were still two flaws. First, he was not knighted alone, but Qi Jiguang was his companion; second, like Qi Jiguang, he did not receive a world certificate. This earl did not have the privilege of retiring with his country.
Despite this, because the imperial court had not awarded military honors for many years, Li Chengliang was already as beautiful as in the clouds for receiving this honor. At this time, he was already grateful to Zhu Yijun, Zhang Juzheng, Tan Lun, etc. to the bone.
His emotional intelligence is not a little higher than that of Qi Jiguang. Qi Jiguang only knows the simple principle of "hugging the thighs". He has been desperately trying to fawn over Zhang Juzheng since the end of Jiajing. Later, he discovered that after his holy family member Youlong, in addition to the original thigh-stretching principle, In addition to not throwing it away, it turned out that many relationships between the inner and outer court had gone cold. Of course, since he left Ji Town, not having so much money to manage was also an important reason.
Li Chengliang is different. He looks bold on the outside, but is extremely delicate on the inside. Including the ministers in power, others are also involved in everything. They must burn incense in temples, kowtow when they see the Buddha, and live in every village. They all feel that they and Li Chengliang are both iron men. In the original time and space, Zhang Juzheng's forces were liquidated, and he was spared, while Qi Jiguang died in depression. This is the reason.
So everyone's topics basically revolved around the victory of Liaodong and the fall of Wang Gao. No one mentioned Qi Jiguang's contribution to pacifying the Japanese, and he served as a foil for Li Chengliang.
After Zhu Yijun came over, he saw that the topic revolved around Liaodong. At first, he smiled quietly and listened. Later, he found that they only talked about military affairs, not civil and commercial matters, and they could not consider the problem comprehensively. He couldn't help but sigh secretly.
With a slight cough, Zhu Yijun interrupted and asked Li Chengliang: "In Uncle Ning Yuan's opinion, how will we manage this Liaodong Jurchen in the future?"
After hearing the emperor's intervention, all the ministers calmed down and listened to Li Chengliang's answer. Li Chengliang stood up from the small pier, knelt down and knelt down to worship Zhu Yijun and said in reply: "Replying to the emperor, I am a warrior, and the general strategy of side affairs depends on the master of the court. I dare not speak nonsense."
Zhu Yijun smiled and said: "Uncle Ning Yuan, there is no need to be too modest. My governance is based on the word 'seeking truth'. You have been operating in Liaodong for many years, and you must have insights on business, civil, military and other matters. It's okay to give it a try."
Li Chengliang listened to the emperor's words and felt secretly in his heart. He first guessed who gave him eye drops in front of the emperor.
After pondering for a moment, Fang replied: "Your Majesty, I believe that there are many feuds among the Jurchen tribes and they have been attacking each other for hundreds of years. Since Liu Yingjie, the commander-in-chief of Liaodong, ordered his ministers to cut down the big ones and vertically down the small ones, to maintain the balance between the several parties, but Call it a wonderful method."
After Zhu Yijun heard this, his understanding of Li Chengliang deepened. He then asked about the rise and fall of power among the various Jurchen tribes, and confirmed each other with the information from the Jin Yiwei.
After Li Chengliang had finished his detailed story, Zhu Yijun asked again: "Wang Gao was killed. How did the various Jurchen tribes react?"
Li Chengliang sung the holy way: "The emperor planned the strategy, and Gule City was reduced to powder in a few days. The Jurchen Hada, Ula, Yehe, Jianzhou and other tribes were heartbroken. They can only serve the imperial court with sincerity and never dare to have two minds!"
Zhu Yijun said: "What is the condition of these savage Jurchens? Because they are outside Haixi, I don't know much about them. Does Ning Yuanbo know what they are?"
Li Chengliang was secretly happy after hearing this. He said to himself that I am the only one in the world who can explain this matter clearly. Today, I will let the emperor know that no one can do anything in Liaodong without me, Li Chengliang.
Organizing his words, Li Chengliang played loudly: "The emperor is a wise man, and his words go straight to the core of Liao affairs. I have been dealing with Jurchens in Liaodong for many years and I know that although this savage Jurchen is not a big family, she is powerful in battle. She is not a savage, but a powerful one." Calling itself 'Hezhe', it is divided into two parts: Huerha and Erwaka. Although it has no writing, it uses its own language, which is not the same as Jianzhou and Haixi Jurchens!"
