Chapter 168: Jinling Festival
In the original history, the court agreement for Altan's tribute was held twice. The first result was to oppose peace talks. Emperor Longqing or Gao Gong was dissatisfied and issued an order to reconsider it.
The second time Gao Gong did his best to finally barely fight against the opposition. According to the rules, in this case, he had to be respectfully requested the ruling, so the emperor handed over the decision to the cabinet, and then passed the tribute trade.
Zhao Hao thought about it. It was estimated that Gao Gong had already calculated the vote in advance. He found out that the chance of winning was not great when the court debate was discussed, so that he would let his idol summon him to Beijing.
Otherwise, these two people probably didn't want to see him very much. In fact, Mr. Zhao is the same...
But he would not interfere with the matter of tribute. No matter what happened before, after Altan granted tribute, the Ming and Mongolian War, which lasted for 200 years, finally came to an end. In nearly a hundred years, no large-scale war broke out between the two sides.
No matter what the method is, peace will eventually be achieved.
Of course, the Mongolian brothers are no longer so irritable, not just because they can meet their basic living needs through trade. They also have great peace because of their spiritual world...
In the sixth year of Wanli, Altan Khan and his third lady went to the Chabuqiyale Temple in Qinghai to meet with the Tibetan Lama Sonam Gyatso, converted to Tibetan Buddhism, and established temples in Guihua City and other places.
With its support, Lamaism began to spread widely in Mongolia. After successfully domesticating the savage Tibetans, it turned the Mongolians into devout and peaceful babies who chant Buddha's name and love peace. It made an indelible contribution to the stability of China's borders...
Although I think this is too cheap, Mr. Zhao has to face too many enemies, and it is always good to be able to lose one big enemy. When the Xishan Island Arsenal builds Maxim in the future, everyone will be completely a family.
So he will support Gao Beizi in this game. Besides, if he goes on another path, Mr. Zhao will lose his grasp of the historical process. Mr. Zhao, who loses the great prophecy, may become an angel with broken wings, and will suffer a miserable fall, and face downward...
However, the sequelae of the tribute incident was also very serious, because it was almost achieved under the promotion of Gao Gong's will, seriously destroying the collective decision-making tradition of the minority in the Ming Dynasty obeying the majority. Gao Gong once again became the target of public criticism and was sharply opposed to court officials, especially censors.
Under the attack of everyone, Gao Gong began to retaliate without restraint, and his whole body became more and more eccentric and difficult to get along with. The court was not peaceful, and officials stepped down like a lantern. Even the cabinet was cleared by him, leaving only a silent idol Zhang...
So Mr. Zhao was unwilling to go to this muddy water. He would rather be a turtle than hide away and wait for the past two years.
But when my idol’s father-in-law fights each other, he has to go even if he is in the world...
Mr. Zhao could only sigh reluctantly and asked, "When will the next fleet on Chongming Island set off?"
Secretary Ma quickly looked through the notepad and reported: "At noon on September 25th."
Knowing that the young master had a poor memory, she reminded again: "Today is September 21st."
"Did you set out early the morning after tomorrow?" Zhao Hao asked.
"You can go down the Yangtze River and reach Chongming Island directly, and you should be in time." Secretary Ma said, "When he heard the string song, he knew the elegance.
The young master was willing to set off after attending the Lotus Immortal Association...
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The next day was the day of the Lotus Tai Immortal Society.
Early in the morning, the streets leading to Xiaocang Mountain were already joined in the fun of carriages and sedan chairs, and they were stuffed into the air. The official staff of Xiaocang Mountain Management Company and Shangyuan County had to stop all car sedan chairs. Regardless of your identity and wealth, you have to walk in.
Only the eighty-one female historians who were shortlisted for the Today Immortal Club can take a special sedan chair from Zhuangyuan Street to the Furong Pool, and pass the wooden bridge with strict security to climb the water platform in the lake.
The water platform is two stories high, with a spacious stage on the top, with several rooms inside for the waiter of the female historians and the storage of various props used to create the stage.
For today's grand event, Xiaocangshan Management Company invested a lot. Just to decorate the water table, it purchased 100,000 flowers. Chrysanthemums, osmanthus, begonia, roses, crape myrtle, hibiscus flowers... Hundreds of colorful flowers made the water table into a sea of flowers, making people feel like they were back to that season called "spring".
Just looking at this water flower platform will make the viewer unforgettable for life!
In the hibiscus pond, the boats were surrounded by boats like walls. It was the guests who received invitations, who were having wine on the boat while watching the performances of the female historians on the water stage.
The restaurants and brothels by the pool were also filled up early. The guests ordered the store to remove the window sash of the private rooms, and it was a unique feeling to watch from a high place.
Of course, most scholars and people can only stand by the lake and look up. However, the business in Xiaocang Mountain is already very developed. Near the commercial street of Furong Lake, there are a wide variety of dried and fresh fruits, dishes, soups, meatballs and sugar cakes for sale on the food street. They also rent tables and mattresses, wine pots, cups and chopsticks to give guests a good location on the hillside or poolside, so that they can have a better viewing experience.
On the boat, upstairs, the three groups of rich people sitting on the mountain are commonly known as "Three Attractions and Elegances", because only they have the pleasure of being elegant. They buy golden flowers of ten taels of silver and silver-flowers of silver-flowers to reward the female historians... The money owners on the boat have money, and the bounty flowers are mainly due to them. The guests on the mountain also have a little money. Although they can't afford to send too many golden flowers, they have the advantage because they have a large number of people gathered into a tower, and the silver-flowers are saved up, and they cannot be underestimated.
Unfortunately, the richest financial owner was a landlord, so it was difficult to steal the limelight from the guests. Therefore, Zhao Hao only ordered to give each female stage female to give them hundreds of golden flowers, and to ensure that they are at least decent.
Well, the hundred golden flowers are 1,000 taels of silver, and the eighty-one female history is 81,000 taels of silver, which is enough for Dongfang Bubai Li Zhuowu to buy the Humble Administrator's Garden...
People couldn't help but admire Mr. Zhao, who is really a good young man who cherishes fragrance and loves jade. No wonder the Qinhuai female historians have been trying to comb him over the years, but none of them can succeed. I don't know who can eat his soup in the end.
But Zhao Hao was actually worried too much.
The female historians who can emerge from the living hellish teachings are not just about beauty and talent. Their scheming methods are all outstanding. In addition to being skilled in driving, they are also well versed in various routines. None of them are real white lotus, and when they are cut open, they all have seven orifices and exquisite hearts.
Especially the eighty-one female historians who were shortlisted for the finals are already well-known in the Qinhuai River, and most of them are innocent people. There are more people who want to comb their cages.
Since they decided to participate in the Lotus Fairy Club, they began to prepare in full swing. The guests were invited to dinner and asked softly, put down their airs and acted coquettishly, sang songs for the old man, and took advantage of the old man... In short, they used all their skills to change them to fight the Rockets today... Oh no, they bought a lot of golden flowers and threw them into themselves.
The enk guests were so confused that they thought they had a chance to perform, and they all came with great wealth. When it was the turn of the female Sir who supported them to perform on stage, they frantically bought golden flowers and sent them to the stage under the instigation of Xuelang.
Not only are the supporters of different female history competing desperately, but the different supporters of the same female history are also competing. If you give you five hundred flowers, I will give you more than six hundred! If you give you one thousand flowers, I will give you one thousand and one. In short, I will rank first on the list of rich people in my own female history... I don’t know what benefits will be the first?
But the so-called blacksmith still requires one's own strength. Your own quality is not good, and relying solely on child care can't help the audience to offer generous flowers.
But don’t worry, during the preliminary selection yesterday, ninety-nine experienced flower list examiners had carefully screened them.
You should know that since the Song Dynasty, famous prostitutes have become popular for a while. In the country, after a hundred years of silence, the study of mind is now flourishing, and scholars can break free from the depression of Neo-Confucianism, and become more and more powerful in the trend of indulgence. The social atmosphere is still more luxurious, and visiting prostitutes and having banquets has become a romantic act. Being able to interact with famous prostitutes is a glorious life achievement.
Although it was the first time that the famous prostitute was bored, after the extensive participation of generations of literati and poets led by Tang Yin and Wang Shizhen, it became a kind of elegant and fashionable style, and a complete set of judgment criteria was formulated:
One is to say qualities, and those with outstanding poetry and prose will win;
The second is rhyme, and those with a strong temperament and unparalleled manners will win;
The third is talent, the one who is good at tuning music will win;
The fourth is color, and those with outstanding appearance will win.
This four elements are indispensable. The selected female history from this standard are all beautiful and intelligent, and have unique skills. At this time, we can take out the kung fu under the box and make you love it. It is really spring orchid and autumn chrysanthemums, each with their own good luck, and no one will disappoint the spectators.
In a fanatical atmosphere, the spectators were completely excited and wanted to replace all their calves with golden flowers and vote for their supportive female history.
By noon, the top 36 gold hairpin book were decided. The accumulated golden flowers and honeysuckles received on the flower platform had been worth more than two million taels of silver...
However, the money will not be all in the hands of the Female History, because the organizer will share the accounts with them, 30% of them will be returned to the Female History, 30% will be returned to Xiaocang Mountain, 30% will be returned to the Red Mansion Poetry Society, and 10% will be equally divided by Shangyuan County and Yingtian Prefecture.
Otherwise, how dare you make such a big deal?
"How can you be so embarrassed?" Seeing that the old county magistrate Zhang Dongguan was so happy that he smiled at Zhao Hao beside him and rubbed his hands, "It would be great if this Lotus Platform Immortal would open it once a year."
"Haha, there is no difference, the atmosphere of running it once a year is far worse." Hua Bozhen on the other side smiled. Today he also invested 50,000 taels, but he gave them all to a polite courtier named Jiang Yulan, which was a huge sum of money.
Alas, how many bags of cement do you have to sell...
Speaking of which, on this largest and best-placed pleasure boat, Mr. Zhao's circle of friends in Jiangnan was basically gathered... In addition to the too old Tai Shi Hua, Wang Mengxiang, Xu Bangrui, who was mourning at home, and Xiang Yuanbian, who vowed not to spend a penny for prostitutes, they were almost all invited.
Chapter completed!