I really don't want to be emperor at the end of Ming Dynasty

Seeing that Yang Yuniang and Jin Qiaoer bet No. [-] rhubarb, although Cheng Jialong was a little bit pained, he still bet next, but because Yang Yuniang and Jin Qiaoer did not bet on silver.

Cheng Jialong had no choice but to ask the recorder beside him to write down the Nanyuan house and the two maidservants.As the receipt was taken into the hands of Yang Yunniang and Jin Qiaoer, the two of them waved at Cheng Shijie with complacent faces.

The two maidservants beside Jin Qiaoer took it as a bet and followed Cheng Jialong. At this moment, Gao Jie's wife Xing Shi whispered to Gao Jie.

Gao Jie was shocked when he heard Xing's words: "Really?"

Xing, who was dressed in men's clothes, said seriously: "Those two maidservants are wearing brocade clothes!"

Yunjin is actually just a folk name, and there is no official name for it. Yunjin is a characteristic brocade produced in Nanjing. It began in the Yuan Dynasty and matured in the Ming Dynasty.

Yunjin was originally only produced in the official weaving bureau in Nanjing, and its products were only used for court clothing or rewards. Yunjin is different from other brocades in that it is flowered with weft threads, and a large number of gold thread hooks or gold and silver thread decorative patterns are used. After the transition of white and white or color halo, the small shuttle of the weft tube is used to dig out flowers and decorate the color.The pattern layout of Yunjin brocade is rigorous and solemn, the colors are rich and changeable, and the pattern changes are highly generalized.

Yunjin belongs to the weft brocade, and the flowers are displayed on the weft.Its colored weft thread does not run through to the end, but passes through the warp and weft in a small area where there is a pattern.So as to realize free color change.The "makeup flower" process of this freely woven pattern is the most complicated, and with the existing technology, the machine cannot weave it.

Moreover, each brocade pattern has its own specific meaning. In addition, brocade has unique characteristics of different colors from flower to flower. When viewing brocade from different angles, the colors of the flowers on the embroidery are different.

To put it simply, Yunjin was the most extravagant clothing in the Ming Dynasty. Even in later generations, it would cost 8000 yuan per square meter. The dragon robe that Fan Bingbing wore when he participated in the Cannes Film Festival was made of Yunjin. It is said that the cost was as high as several million .

Gao Jie naturally knew the value of Yunjin. It can be said that Yunjin is priceless and has almost become a royal confession. These two identical maidservants are worthless, but the clothes on the two of them are valuable.

"Eldest son..."

Cheng Jialong didn't hear Gao Jie's voice at all, the sound of betting was in full swing, people with some spare money in their pockets bet one after another, and the atmosphere of the game became frenzied.

"boom!"

With the sound of the starting gun, sixteen horses rushed out of the fence like arrows leaving the string, and the gamblers around who bet on each horse also cheered for the horses they bet on.

"Number three, number three!"

"Number nine, number nine!"

"Come on big black!"

"Dark cloud run!"

As the atmosphere became frenetic, the competition became more and more intense. The sixteen horses chased after each other, and there was no way to gain much distance until the last lap.When there was only half a lap left in the race, all the horses unanimously launched a sprint...

Like a flash of lightning, a yellow shadow flashed out from the mass of smoke and dust, surpassing Wuyun Taxue and Jueying almost instantly, and crossed the finish line!

Cheng Jialong jumped up and shouted loudly: "Win! Win! No.1 is rhubarb! This time I can make a lot of money!"

Gao Jie came to Cheng Jialong with a mournful face: "Young Master, it's not good!"

"What's wrong?"

Cheng Jialong laughed disapprovingly.

In fact, Cheng Jialong had greeted all the riders who participated in the competition, but with his status as the Grand Duke of the Hai Kingdom, which one of the riders from all counties and states would not sell Cheng Jialong's face?

At the beginning of the preliminary round, he divided the group stage and numbered the groups. With the end of the top 96, top 48, and top 32 competitions, the reputation of these steeds began to be known to people along with the hype.

The first one to cross the finish line this time is No. 32 Rhubarb, a yellow horse. He was No. 17 in the top [-] competition. After throwing off the rider, No. [-] Rhubarb is not eligible to enter the top [-] at all.

As the only horse that accidentally squeezed into the top [-] by relying on its opponent, Rhubarb is naturally not favored by everyone, so No. [-] Rhubarb has the highest odds.

In fact, the No. [-] rhubarb is a Mongolian mixed-blood war. Genghis Khan rose strongly back then and led the Mongolian cavalry to sweep across the Eurasian continent, destroying dozens of countries and looting countless treasures. One of the important trophies is Central Asia, West Asia, and even the Middle East and Eastern Europe. After defeating the nomads in these areas, the Mongols snatched back all the war horses they liked, and mixed them with Mongolian horses to breed new horse breeds.

This rhubarb horse is a mixed-breed horse, taller, with amazing endurance and explosive power.Moreover, it also has the advantage of iron hoofs. The hoofs are hard and do not need horseshoes. They can run fast and stable on hillsides full of gravel.

This rhubarb horse has the most amazing record, it can run more than 300 kilometers a day, which is unmatched by other horse breeds.

With Rhubarb's victory, the audience roared with cheers.

And those who bet on Wu Yun, without exception, all cursed.

Cheng Jialong was extremely excited, because he could make a net profit of more than 6 taels by betting on rhubarb.

It's just a pity, the fly in the ointment is that there are three bets on rhubarb to win the championship, besides Yang Yunniang and Jin Qiaoer, the three of them share the more than 6 taels of silver.

Gao Jie said with a mournful face: "My lord, something is wrong!"

"what happened?"

Cheng Jialong was still applauding vigorously, bowed his head and told Shi Lang beside him: "What's the name of the rider on number seven?"

"It's called Wang Yuzhou!"

"Reward him with 600 taels of silver!"

Cheng Jialong then looked at Gao Jie and said, "Gao Jie, what did you say?"

"The big thing is bad!"

Gao Jie told Cheng Jialong about Xing's discovery of Jin Qiaoer's twin sister Hua wearing Yunjin clothes.

Cheng Jialong waved his hands and said, "How expensive can a piece of clothing be?"

"Ten thousand gold is hard to find, there is a price but no market!"

Cheng Jialong suddenly remembered something: "Gao Jie, what is the price of the house in Jinzhou now?"

"This... depends on the location, the size of the area, and the materials used!"

"Nanyuan's house!"

Cheng Jialong grabbed the small box and took out the house deed inside, only to see that it read: "Nanyuan Residence, with two wings and two wings, more than thirty couplets!"

Gao Jie felt dizzy when he saw the words on the deed.

"what happened?"

Cheng Jialong didn’t understand what it means to have more than 30 couplets with two verandahs and hatchbacks at all. This is actually an ancient architectural quantifier. .Such a house, let alone in Jinzhou, even in the war-torn Central Plains, would not be able to get it without tens of thousands of taels of silver.

Cheng Jialong looked at Yang Yunniang and Jin Qiaoer, at this moment he understood that he was cheated by his two aunts.

The problem is, I am the eldest son of Hai Guogong. If there is no accident, I will inherit the title of Hai Guogong in the future. The two of them will need to rely on themselves in the future and will never dare to cheat themselves. There is no gain or loss, the only possibility is...

The person who really cheated him was Cheng Shijie, his own father.

After half a year of hard work, I returned to before liberation.

Cheng Jialong walked towards Cheng Shijie: "Dad, if you are interested in my little money, just tell me, why bother!"

Cheng Shijie said solemnly: "You don't lack cleverness, but what you lack is an overall perspective. You have to pay attention to your identity. There are some things you can't do!"

"why?"

Cheng Shijie looked at the arena, and now a new round of competition has begun. This time the competition is martial arts. Of course, it is different from the martial arts performances of later generations, but fighting without rules.

"I'll talk about it later, watch the game!"

Martial arts competitions are divided into women's and men's groups, and there is no weight class. However, during the audition, players of the same level will be consciously put together. This time, the competition of the event is huge.

Because anyone who knows Cheng Shijie knows that Wu Sheng, the general soldier of Wusongkou, relied on martial arts to get into Cheng Shijie's sight, and then he was promoted to general soldier.

The middle and low-level officers in the Ning Navy’s army, as well as soldiers who know martial arts, all signed up for this competition. There were more than 300 people who signed up for the Ning Navy’s lieutenant alone. More than [-] people signed up for the competition.

The women's group is good to watch, and it's not that bloody. Basically, it's just a matter of knocking the opponent down, and it won't kill.

However, this is not the case in men's fighting competitions. If you don't fight, you will be fine.Because it is the first time to organize such a competition, many rules are not perfect, but there are rough regulations that cannot intentionally attack the eyes, nose, Adam's apple, crotch and other vital parts, and there is no point counting to win. There are only two ways to win. One is to make the opponent submit, and the other is to make the opponent lose the ability to compete.

So what else is there to say?It's just a matter of life.The most deceitful thing is that the competition did not stipulate which martial arts to use, so the contestants showed their own special abilities, some used grappling hands, some used Bajiquan, some used Taizu Changquan, some used leg skills, and some did not. Few wrestlers from Mongolia use wrestling.

It is simply what to use, mantis boxing, Luohan boxing, Taijiquan, cotton palm, iron sand palm, Baguazhang, eagle claw kung fu, it is full of flowers, it is dizzying, even acupuncture points have come out, you come to me In the past, the fight was inextricable.

Cheng Shijie and Cheng Jialong's father and son were attracted to the arena because of this martial art, which was completely different from what the two of them knew.

"I rely on...Tai Chi is so violent?"

Cheng Jialong couldn't believe it. The Taijiquan player was less than 1.7 meters tall and weighed no more than 120 kilograms. The Mongolian wrestler he was facing was at least 1.8 kilograms and more than [-] meters five in height. gorilla.

But the problem was, before he had time to catch the Taijiquan player, he was caught by the Taijiquan player, using a move that both Cheng Shijie and Cheng Jialong knew, one of the 24 styles of Taijiquan, the wild horse's mane.

The Taijiquan player broke the ribs of the Mongolian wrestler with an elbow, and the Mongolian wrestler literally vomited blood and fell to the ground. In less than ten seconds, the winner was decided.

"Dad, you saw, he uses Tai Chi..."

Cheng Shijie nodded slightly.

To Cheng Shijie's surprise, this Tai Chi master failed to sweep his opponents and dominate the boxing world. On the contrary, he fell into a bitter fight. The boxer's nose bone was broken and his nosebleeds splattered, but he still couldn't hold on.

In the end, the Tai Chi fighters conceded defeat to each other.

The next group of contestants is even more fierce. Both of them are Bajiquan. Bajiquan's fighting style can be described as "savage". There are no tricks they dare not use. After a fierce battle, both opponents are covered in blood.

This is really unscientific. You must know that in the early to mid-twentieth century, the competition between the Hong Kong martial arts circle and Thai boxers was basically one-sided. Many so-called martial arts masters could not even survive the fierce attacks of Thai boxers. Make it through 2 minutes!
In the current competition, almost all of them are punched to the flesh, and the tricks see blood. In just one stick of incense, dozens of people were either broken arms or kicked. , due to his light weight and severe lack of strength, the opponent grabbed his wrist with a backhand, then flicked it, and hit the corner post directly, killing him on the spot.

Cheng Shijie saw a muay thai boxing player who was kicked in the air by a player who was good at 72-way kicks and flew backwards for two or three meters. After he fell to the ground, he finally found the answer: the martial arts in Ming Dynasty China Not lost yet, many boxers have real talents, and rely on these skills to save their lives. Compared with those guys who rely on a few fancy punches and embroidered legs to pretend to be aggressive 300 years later, I don't know how high they are.

The fighting competition was so fierce that it was almost bloody, and many people were afraid to watch it.

Cheng Shijie watched it with gusto.

"Come on!"

"Big guy!"

"The command of the commander-in-chief, whoever is injured in the game, can be treated for free at the Liaodong Ning Naval General Hospital, and will be rewarded with ten taels of silver, and the winner will have another reward!"

As soon as Cheng Shijie's voice fell, the messenger held a big iron horn and said loudly: "The commander-in-chief has an order that all warriors injured in the competition will go to the free hospital of Ninghai Navy General Hospital. There will be another reward for the winner!"

Now Cheng Shijie has added a fire to the martial arts competition, and the martial arts masters participating in the competition have become even more intense.

Father Robben, who was in the crowd, was terrified and kept making the sign of the cross on his chest: "My God, I thought that the people of Ming Dynasty had become rigid and numb, and they would only do their own things carefully and hide their truth. I dare not express my emotions, I didn't expect them to have such a wild side!"

But Father Xiao En was mesmerized by watching: "Maybe only in Liaodong can we see such a crazy thing? My God, even if it is compared with the Olympic Games in ancient Greece, it is not too panic!"

Father Robben pointed at Cheng Shijie, who raised his fist and cheered loudly in the distance, and said meaningfully: "He has successfully brought the people on this land back to life."

Competitive competitions in competitive town, but also people have completely different views on it.

The middle-aged man with a bookish face was looking at the thousands of spectators and the athletes who were trying their best to pass the test in the arena with disgust or even horror, his face was as gloomy as possible.

This middle-aged man is a well-known literary master all over the world. He was a Jinshi in the fourth year of Chongzhen, and Zhang Pu, the leader of Shujishi of the Imperial Academy, was selected to rehabilitate the society. , Let Cheng Shijie give up the idea of ​​persecuting the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River.

Zhang Pu didn't like all this very much, he didn't like it from the bottom of his heart.In his view, farmers stay in the village honestly and work at sunrise and sunset, businessmen move from south to north, students don’t hear what’s going on outside the window and study hard, and everyone’s class is clearly defined. At the intersection, the offspring of farmers will always be farmers, the offspring of businessmen will always be in business, and the offspring of scholars will always be scholars. This is the case for generations to come. This kind of country is the best.

In such a country, no one can make waves. Those who stand at the top of the pyramid will always stand at the top of the pyramid, while those at the bottom will always stay at the bottom. There will be no change, and their status will be as stable as Mount Tai. The country... As for whether the country is as stable as Mount Tai, it is not their concern.

This is what the scholars and bureaucrats of the past dynasties have been doing their best to do since the founding of the Ming Dynasty. If history has not changed, there will be people who will continue to do the same thing for more than 200 years, until they are bombed by European powers and open the country. , and at that time, the Qing Dynasty was completely silent, and foolish people were everywhere.

Zhang Pu came to Liaodong and saw everything in Liaodong. He was horrified to find that in Liaodong, the order they had established for more than 200 years seemed to be loose.

Here, lowly warriors are the dream lovers of many girls and even ladies, and scholars who are supposed to be superior are ridiculed as wastes that cannot be picked up by hands and shoulders. The impoverished farmer and the noble son of a noble family compete on the same stage, and people from different nationalities and countries sit together to cheer for the athletes, or compete with each other...

All this is too strange to them, so strange that they fear!
Liaodong cannot be allowed to continue to develop like this!If things go on like this, class boundaries will be broken, and their status will be greatly threatened!

Zhang Pu frowned and said, "How did Chen Wozi become the magistrate?"

Chen Zidong served as a member of the management committee in Liaodong. In the original history, he was a ten-year Jinshi in Chongzhen, but in this time and space, he took part in the Liaodong rural examination in the sixth year of Chongzhen. In the seventh year of Chongzhen, he was a Jinshi and was the No. 2 scholar. He robbed Liu Lishun of the original No. [-] and became No. [-].

Chen Zilong was originally appointed by Cheng Shijie as the magistrate of Haizhou. As the number one scholar, he did not enter the Hanlin, nor did he enter the Six Departments to observe politics, and directly became the fourth-rank magistrate.

Chen Zilong, the prefect in name, does not have much real power in Liaodong.

But the problem is, Zhang Pu didn't know, he sent someone to find Chen Zilong.

Chen Zilong was naturally very enthusiastic about the leader of the Fushe, a member of the "Yingshe", and personally led Zhang Pu to the most high-end restaurant in Jinzhou Jingzhou Town. Dongfanglou entertained Zhang Pu and Zhang Pu's disciples.

However, the problem is that Zhang Pu didn't appreciate it, and he scolded directly: "Chen Wozi, how did you become the prefect? ​​The original simple folk customs have been completely ruined! Women show their faces in public, and men want a little reputation. The fight was so bloody, and the businessman even set up a game to gamble in public, it is simply unreasonable!"

Chen Zilong was instantly dumbfounded by Zhang Pu's scolding.

As the saying goes, don't persuade others to be kind without his suffering.

Chen Zilong knew why so many women in Liaodong were showing their faces in public. Isn't it all because of natural disasters and man-made disasters?Those men who were refugees were either arrested and died as cannon fodder, or they were separated from their families, leaving only the old and weak, women and children, who were thrown into Liaodong by the local government as garbage.

If women are not allowed to come out to work, who will support their family?

Chen Zilong actually agreed with Cheng Shijie's policy in Liaodong, otherwise, he would not have stayed in Zhenhai City, not to mention, Chen Zilong is not a fool, how did he come to be the magistrate?

Since the imperial examination system, which number one scholar has been directly appointed as the magistrate without observing politics?The selfishness in it can be smelled for ten miles against the wind.

Chen Zilong looked at Zhang Pu, and smiled faintly: "You don't need to worry about how the prefecture will be the magistrate?" (End of this chapter)