national surname chiming

Chapter 91
Shen Shuren's original plan was very clear: to promote the Lijin reform, he had to get the key figures from the three parties.

The first is Zhang Guowei, the second is the Zheng family, and the third is Yang Sichang and Fang Kongxuan.

The priorities of Yang Sichang and Fang Kongxuan can be postponed a little bit. Considering the geographical constraints and their own itinerary, those matters can only be dealt with after Shen Shuren returns to Huguang to take office.

Zhang Guowei and Zheng's family had to take care of everything during their stay in Nanjing.

Now Zhang Guowei has just finished, and the rest is mainly the Zheng family.

If the current accident did not happen, Shen Shuren would mainly focus on going to Wu Weiye, the Secretary of the Imperial Academy, to make connections in the next few days of his stay in Nanjing.

Let Wu Weiye hold his hand high and write some flattering evaluations for Zheng Chenggong, who is still a supervisor.

Then Shen Shuren tried to collude with the Ministry of Officials in Nanjing, find a powerful yamen who can decide to buy and confer official positions in Nanzhili, and mediate.Get some low-level officials, including Zheng Chenggong, for your own use, and sell a lot of favors by the way.

As long as everything goes well, the Zheng family will of course be sympathetic and cautious, and Shen Shuren will be kind and willing to cooperate with Lijin in paying taxes.

Fortunately, it won't take long to learn about the experiences of Li Xiangjun, Bian Yujing and others, and sell some favors within their capabilities.And by the way, I can also understand how far Bian Yujing is related to Wu Weiye today.

After quick calculations in Shen Shuren's mind, he confirmed that this new "side quest" would not hinder his "main quest" progress, and that every step was valuable, so he took the time to listen with peace of mind.

At any time, he puts the great cause first, and will never let his lower body dictate his decision-making.

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Wanting to understand the pros and cons, Shen Shuren immediately changed a more amiable expression, pretending to care about Li Xiangjun's experience:

"Miss Li, I remember we met before, right? You'll know in the future, I'm not good at anything, I just donate money, and I protect my acquaintances as long as I can. If you have any small difficulties, you can speak up."

He first said a few words to make things worse, not because he was afraid that Li Xiangjun would think he had other plans, but because he took care of Chen Yuanyuan's feelings and told her not to worry too much.

If it's just a private chat with Li Xiangjun alone, there's no need to hide it at all - so what if I have a plan?Since she is an oiran and noble lady of Meixianglou, she should be coveted by others for her beauty.

Li Xiangjun obviously also knew the elegant meaning after hearing the string song, and casually glanced at Chen Yuanyuan next to him, with a look of envy on his face: "Sister Yuanyuan is really lucky. Although she also came from a bitter background, her son spoils her so much and takes good care of her feelings." .

After sighing, Li Xiangjun immediately calmed down and answered with a smile:
"Who said it wasn't? Didn't my family meet Young Master at the Bailuzhou Literary Fair more than a year ago? But at that time, my family was only fourteen or fifteen years old and had never been on stage. It's normal for young master not to remember my family.

At that literary meeting, the young master generously bought an official, and he didn't even bother to cover it up. He was really bold and open-minded.It's a pity that the slave family didn't know the son's literary talent at that time, and thought that the son was a hero, and he was afraid that he was not well educated.Unexpectedly, in the new year, the young master would be able to get two Jinshi in high school and win the name of honesty in the world. "

Li Xiangjun's talent is similar to that of Chen Yuanyuan, and he is also known for his music and folk art.It’s just that Chen Yuanyuan is in Kunshan and sings Kunqu Opera, while Li Xiangjun is in Nanjing and sings Nanqu (Nanqu does not mean “Nanjing’s song”).

More than a year ago, she just made her debut, so she was not well-known, but now she is the No.

Talking about this matter, Bian Yujing who was next to him also came up and leaned on Li Xiangjun and said:
"Yes, yes, the sisters who have participated in the literary conference all said that the young master is very open-minded, hiding his secrets, and admiring him very much."

Bian Yujing was the youngest, so she didn't have the chance to participate in the literary meeting. At that time, she was still being trained behind closed doors and could not see guests.

It is impossible for Shen Shuren to be flattered by the beauties, it is purely an instinctive reaction.

But he was able to control his emotions very well, and raised his hand to stop the topic: "We are all old friends, so there is no need to talk about it. Let's talk about Miss Li. Didn't you just say that someone wants to buy you as a gift? If you don't want to, we can Figure out a way."

Li Xiangjun's heart tightened, he was a little apprehensive, and felt a little ashamed, but the opportunity was rare, so after hesitating for a while, he said:

"Original family ugliness shouldn't be publicized. I and other poor people, if they can get the grace of a distinguished guest and are willing to spend a lot of money to save the fire, that is luck, and we shouldn't be picky.

Mr. Shen, among the dragons and phoenixes of people like you, you may not meet one in a few years.After I sang on stage last year, some guests appreciated me.My mother wanted to hold a grand event and invite VIPs to groom me...

You should also remember Mr. Shen, the man who fell in love with you, Mr. Hou Fangyu, who had a disturbance with Mr. Hou at the literary meeting more than a year ago. Mr. Hou still remembers that Mr. Hou tried to ask for bribes from you and other inmates, but was rejected You are messed up.

Later, he also failed to collect enough money, so the matter was put on hold for several months.My mother took pity on me, but she didn't force me to comb the cage as soon as possible, just allowed me to continue singing on stage every day.

Unexpectedly, until the end of last year, Mr. Hou suddenly changed his mind.He put down his face, colluded with the eunuch scum Ruan Dacheng, and collected enough money in one fell swoop, even enough to redeem me directly.

The slave family thought that he was willing to degenerate because of me, and couldn't bear to blame him.It was only later that I heard that he planned to redeem the whole body of the slave family and give it to his family friend, General Zuo Liangyu, who suppressed the bandits, as his concubine.

Although the slave family lives in a lowly position, it is not worthy of contempt for the uncivilized and military. Now that the Ming Dynasty is in trouble, the court really needs military officials.However, those military bandits who were disloyal to the imperial court and raised thieves in separate regimes, even though they belonged to humble families, were ashamed to be with them. Alas...there are such unlucky people in the world. "

Shen Shuren didn't take this sentence seriously at first, but his expression gradually became serious when he heard it, and he soon realized: All this seems to be related to the butterfly effect caused by himself!
According to "Peach Blossom Fan", Hou Fangyu got enough money from the eunuch Ruan Dacheng, so he should pay it himself. Now that he wants to give it as a gift, it must be that the situation of the Hou family is worse than that of the same period in history, so he has to curry favor with more people Give them a hand?

Shen Shuren immediately asked calmly: "Why did he do this? It must be that the Hou family has encountered difficulties?"

Li Xiangjun opened his mouth, but did not answer: "My lord, although I also know some news, but those words were all said by Hou Fangyu when he explained to me and begged me to understand. Since he wants to redeem me, Whether I am willing or not, I cannot betray him."

"What's the matter, if you don't tell me, I can roughly guess it." Shen Shuren smiled, not paying attention to this difficulty at all.

Li Xiangjun's pedantry aroused his sense of intellectual superiority and desire for deduction.

"Let me take a guess. Based on the original situation of the Hou family, although Hou Xun has been imprisoned for several years, he is not worried about his survival. Zuo Liangyu has been putting pressure on the imperial court with his self-esteem last year, hoping that the imperial court will release Hou Xun. , His Majesty was also a little shaken when the official returned to his original post. So under normal circumstances, there is absolutely no need for the Hou family to suddenly increase their efforts to please Zuo Liangyu.

However, Zuo Liangyu framed and impeached me in November last year, but was refuted by my solid efforts to suppress the thieves.Later, there were a series of transfers of the household department in Beijing, probably because His Majesty was dissatisfied with Zuo Liangyu.

So even more dissatisfied with Hou Xun, who was protected by Zuo Liangyu, more and more wanted to cleanse Hou's house and knock the mountains and shake the tiger to make Zuo Liangyu calm down.The Hou family must have gotten the news that Hou Fangyu was so shameless and wanted to send his daughter off to beg Zuo Liangyu not to abandon the Hou family. "

Shen Shuren talked eloquently, with no expression and tone fluctuations throughout.

But Li Xiangjun was dumbfounded, the cherry mouth was so round that it could fit a quail egg.

Bian Yujing, who had nothing to do with himself, and Liu Rushi and Gu Mei, who were watching the theater from afar, although they didn't know the truth, looked at Li Xiangjun's expression and knew that Mr. Shen had guessed right.

People who deal with the officialdom every day, compare their knowledge with boudoir women, and it is only natural to crush them, and the victory is invincible.

Seeing that Li Xiangjun was speechless, Shen Shuren confidently continued to add:
"It seems that the above are all correct, so I will continue to guess by the way. The reason why Hou Fangyu chose to please Zuo Liangyu by sending women is probably because Zuo Liangyu recently lost his concubine, or he has a concubine in his family. After quarreling with him, Hou Fangyu got the news, so he did what he liked and took advantage of it——

I remember that when Liu Xiyao invaded Huangzhou last year, I fortified the wall and cleared the country, killing many local gentry families in Huangzhou, and two of Zuo Liangyu's clansmen who took concubines there were also there.Could it be those two concubines who were having trouble with Zuo Liangyu? "

Shen Shuren was not too sure about the last words, but just guessed randomly based on the inertia of deduction.

But this was enough for Li Xiangjun's psychological defense to completely collapse. She was dazzled for a while, and sighed completely convincingly:

"Although they didn't win all the scores, they are not far away. Yes, I heard from Hou Fangyu that it was after the battle of Huangzhou last year that two concubines in Zuo Liangyu's family died and the whole family died. They got into trouble with him, and one of them was out of grief. , and died of illness.

Only then did Hou Fangyu want to buy a slave's family to invite pets to make up for Zuo Liangyu's pain of losing his concubine.The young master's mind is quick, and he has exhausted his plans, as if he had seen it himself, and the servants are completely convinced. "

The girls nearby were all shocked when they heard Li Xiangjun's confession.

Mr. Shen basically guessed everything right!Only Shao guessed that "one of the concubines died of grief because all the clan members were wiped out".

But this is already very exaggerated, the last little point is something that can only be thought of unless the eyes of the sky are opened.

"There is such a thoughtful person in the world, but he is only in his early twenties. How can other rich and powerful princes in Jinling City have such insight? He is still a two-ranked Jinshi, and he has the reputation of honesty in the world."

Liu Rushi and Gu Mei were in complicated moods, mixed with curious sighs.Bian Yujing is not deeply involved in the world, and he has not met many men, so he admires him very much.

This can't be blamed on Bian Yujing, but the innate preferences of women are naturally like this——

In the Liuyanli of Qinhuai that Shen Shuren has seen now, Chen Yuanyuan and Li Xiangjun are good at rhythm and music, Chen Yuanyuan sings better, and Li Xiangjun is unique in playing music.

Liu Rushi and Gu Mei are good at reciting poems, and they are quite literary and good at writing.

Needless to say, Dong Xiaowan, she was the only one among the six who came from a wealthy family, so she had few talents to please men since she was in elementary school, she was only sensual embroidery and female red needlework, and she was famous all over the world for Su embroidery.Now under the guidance of Shen Shuren's crooked technology tree, it is estimated that in the future history books, there will be a Huang Daopo-type textile inventor.

The last one left, Bian Yujing, was famous in history for his beautiful calligraphy and familiarity with history books. He liked to discuss the lessons of succession and succession with literary giants, and the mirror of Zizhi.

Therefore, the other three women did not feel that there was any common language in Shen Shuren's incisive analysis of current affairs, but only admired his intelligence.Bian Yujing not only admired his intelligence, but also listened with great interest, and wanted to ask for more advice.

Shen Shuren didn't notice this, he saw Li Xiangjun was completely amazed, so he said sincerely:
"Miss Li, since that's the case, I'm not going to hide it. The Hou family and I have no personal grievances. It's not a big deal to look down on Hou Fangyu for being greedy and mean.

However, Hou Xun's disciples and old officials in the household department have always obstructed the reform and made a stand for the local tyrants and evil gentry. My father, Jiang Shilang and Zhang Shilang will definitely fight them to the end.Out of public interest, I will also obstruct Hou Fangyu's plot.

That being the case, you don't want to be enslaved by unfaithful and unrighteous people like Zuo Liangyu, who are self-respecting, but we have common interests——When did you Meixianglou originally set to redeem you?If it's undecided, there's no need to compete for it, I can pay you money to redeem you at any time.

However, whenever I want to offend and humiliate Zuo Liangyu in the future, you have to listen to my arrangement.As long as you can understand the general situation, I will give you an explanation in the future. "

Li Xiangjun's heart was beating wildly, she never thought that this whirlwind of officialdom would drag her in, and it would end like this in the end.

(End of this chapter)