Prince of Chaos

Chapter 729 Something went wrong and I'll take care of it!

After finalizing the big plan, Zhu Changluo and Emperor Wanli set off again, and the fleet of the Zhili Navy sailed upstream along the Yangtze River to the second stop of the trip to the south of the Yangtze River, which is the place of the heyday of the Jiangnan culture. So - Suzhou!
After arriving in Suzhou, Zhu Changluo and Emperor Wanli lived in the famous Humble Administrator's Garden in later generations.

The Humble Administrator's Garden was built in the Zhengde period and has a history of nearly a hundred years.It was built by a censor named Wang Xianchen during the Zhengde period. This censor felt that he was frustrated in officialdom and had nowhere to display his ambitions.

So I returned to my hometown and built a garden on the site of Dahong Temple, taking the meaning of "gardening vegetables in the garden for daily meals" in Pan Yue's "Ode to Leisurely Residence" in the Jin Dynasty. The garden was named "Humble Administrator's Garden".

However, the Humble Administrator's Garden at this time was not yet well-known, at most it was a leisurely and comfortable nobleman's garden, such gardens in the Wusong area, especially in Wuzhong, I dare not say that there are so many such gardens, it is commonplace.

Almost every big family here has a garden with beautiful artistic conception and full of life interest as a private residence or a place for friends to enjoy themselves.

It can be said that the garden culture also represents the spiritual outlook of the scholars in Suzhou to a certain extent.While enjoying the peace and quiet of the years in such a prosperous and comfortable place in Suzhou, these scholars lamented their frustration in life.

In the end, they put all their energy on spiritual enjoyment, either pursuing ideological liberation or spiritual sublimation. It can be said that most of the scholars here are vulgar people who pretend to be noble.

The Humble Administrator's Garden was also built by such a frustrated literati. However, the first Humble Administrator's Garden also had ill-fated fate.

After Wang Xianchen died, his son was so fond of gambling that he lost all of the Wanguan family's wealth overnight, and the Humble Administrator's Garden was transferred to a family surnamed Xu.

However, the Xu family who got the Humble Administrator's Garden did not prosper for a long time, and soon the family also fell, which led to the Humble Administrator's Garden being abandoned and becoming an abandoned garden.

After Zhu Changluo knew that the Humble Administrator's Garden was an abandoned garden, he was very pleasantly surprised, and directly ordered Wei Zhongxian, who was in charge of the information collection work of Xishan Huangzhuang at that time, to buy the garden and renovate it. Therefore, this time, Zhu Changluo and Emperor Wanli came to Suzhou The story of temporarily living in the Humble Administrator's Garden.

If, according to the original historical trajectory, if the fate of the Humble Administrator's Garden wants to change, it will have to wait until it is purchased by a servant named Wang Xinyi in the fourth year of Chongzhen to regain its livelihood.

Now, all this has been changed by Zhu Changluo, so the Humble Administrator’s Garden is no longer surnamed Xu, nor Wang, nor Qian (Qian Qianyi bought this garden for Jinwu Zangjiao Liuru in the early Qing Dynasty) !

The current Humble Administrator's Garden is surnamed Zhu, and it has also been upgraded to a royal garden, nearly a hundred years earlier than the later emperors of the Qing Dynasty came to this garden!

It was the first time for Emperor Wanli to live in a Soviet-style garden. Looking at the scenery in the Humble Administrator's Garden, Emperor Wanli couldn't help but sigh with emotion, "It's still enjoyed by people from the south of the Yangtze River! The scenery in a small garden is so amazing! This There are rockeries and winding corridors everywhere, and you can actually change the scene while walking, and the effect of the scene is different! It’s amazing!”

Zhu Changluo smiled and said: "The south of the Yangtze River is prosperous, and the scholars are free. After drinking and eating, the only thing they can think about is to enjoy. They are tired of the low-level enjoyment, so the finely crafted art like gardens Naturally, it has become the usual entertainment and spiritual pursuit of Jiangnan scholars."

Emperor Wanli approvingly hummed, "It's just too idle."

Zhu Changluo said: "Come back to leisure, of course not all the scholars in the south of the Yangtze River are like this. Recently, I read a storybook novel that has been circulated in the market. The name is "Awakening the World with the Same Words". To the extreme, it is a rare novel about the world, which vividly describes the ugliness of human nature, and after reading it, my son couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat!"

Emperor Wanli immediately became interested and asked, "What story did you tell?"

Zhu Changluo said: "It tells a story about a student named Li Jiatai who fell in love with a noble and romantic woman named Du Shiniang. Du Shiniang loved Li Jia's loyalty and aspirations, and she agreed with the madam for three hundred redemptions. Gold. Li Jia wanted to redeem Du Shiniang, but there was no way to borrow money. So, Du Shiniang offered 150 gold to help, and then got help from friends, and this time Du Shiniang was redeemed."

Just after Zhu Changluo finished speaking, Emperor Wanli couldn't help but interjected: "Isn't this a good ending? How could it be ugly?"

Zhu Changluo said: "Father, I haven't finished yet. After redeeming Du Shiniang and Li Jia, they went home by boat. When they arrived at Guazhou Ferry, Du Shiniang looked at Jiangyue from a distance, thinking that he was free and Staying with the one you love, you can't help but feel joy in your heart and sing on the river boat, which immediately alarms the salt merchant Sun Fu on the neighboring boat. An excuse to drink and talk with Li Jia."

"At this moment, Li Jia no longer has the deep affection he had when he first saw Du Shiniang, and was worried that he would be scolded by his parents if he brought Du Shiniang home, so under Sun Fu's coaxing, he resold Du Shiniang for a thousand gold. Sun Fu."

Hearing this, Emperor Wanli also sighed, "This Li Jia is also afraid of his parents' scolding, so he dares to promiscuously? Du Shiniang is a good home after leaving such weak people. At least this salt merchant is rich and willing to love people."

After Zhu Changluo heard the inconspicuous and novel views of Emperor Wanli, his three views were immediately shattered. Isn't this the reason for young girls with sugar daddies hundreds of years later?How could it come out of the mouth of Emperor Wanli, who was deeply taught by Confucian morals?Is laughing at the poor and not laughing at prostitutes a value since ancient times?

Zhu Changluo sighed, "It's okay if this is the case, but the next thing is the climax of this story! After Du Shiniang knew that she was sold by Li Jia, she felt that her personality had been trampled on! The next day, the boat At the beginning, Du Shiniang opened the treasure box she was carrying with the public, threw purple jade, gold, silver and antiques worth less than ten thousand gold into the river one by one, mocked Li Jia's weakness and betrayal, and finally held the treasure box herself. Throw yourself into the river and die, ending your life of despair."

After Emperor Wanli heard this passage, he was directly angry and said in a hateful voice: "Li Jiaduan is not a son of man! Du Shiniang, a loving and righteous woman, is really blind! He thought he had found lifelong happiness, but it turned out to be deep. Bottomless endless abyss! People like this should be hacked to death!"

Hearing Emperor Wanli's emotional outburst, Zhu Changluo said in a low voice: "Every time there are more dogs slaughtered in righteousness, most of them are scholars who are ungrateful."

Emperor Wanli also echoed viciously: "Yes, these scholars are mostly ungrateful people! I have suffered a lot of their secret losses back then, and even thinking of it now makes me hate it!"

Zhu Changluo felt the emotions of Emperor Wanli, and he also felt that the fire was about the same. Zhu Changluo said: "What the father said is very true. Tell the great cause of Ming Zhongxing. Such a grand event must not be ruined by these ungrateful people! Therefore, I plan to conduct a profound moral education in the south of the Yangtze River, and clean up some morally corrupt black sheep from the saints! Da Ming will be bright Blue sky!"

Emperor Wanli said: "You can handle this matter according to your needs. If there is any problem, I will take care of it!"

Zhu Changluo was touched and said: "Thank you, Father!"

(End of this chapter)