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Jinling University.

The playground was very lively, especially the cuju field with the largest number of people. The game was still based on the rules of the Song Dynasty. There was a small open space beside the cuju field, where Lu Tianxiang was playing wooden archery with his classmates.

Wooden shooting is bowling.

There are fifteen wooden stakes in total, and ten red wooden stakes represent virtues, namely: benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and trustworthiness, gentleness, kindness, respectfulness and thrift.Five black stakes represent inferiority, namely: arrogance, sycophancy and greed.Points are scored for hitting the red stakes, and points are deducted for hitting the black stakes.

"Look at me!"

Lu Tianxiang picked up the rolling ball, and using the standard bowling posture, rushed forward a few steps and threw it violently.

Accurately hit a red stake, and no black stake fell to the ground.

"it is good!"

The students on the sidelines cheered one after another. This technique is really powerful, because the red stakes and black stakes are placed alternately.

The number of students at Jinling University is increasing, and the first class even graduated.

They like to imitate the prosperous Tang Dynasty, even when playing games.Wooden shooting is also known as fifteen-pin ball game. Some students found out such a way of playing through the classics of the Tang Dynasty, and it quickly became popular in universities.

After several rounds, Lu Tianxiang scored seven points, while her opponent only had four points.

"Run around, run around!"

Everyone started booing, a boy was so ashamed and angry, he rolled up his skirt and ran around the playground.

Lu Tianxiang clapped his hands: "I don't want to play anymore, I still have things to do in the afternoon."

Of course, I went to the palace to meet the emperor, and the appointment was at 03:30 in the afternoon, and I only had 15 minutes to see the emperor.

More than 20 children of chieftains in several provinces in the southwest have graduated and returned home.Jinling University does not have high requirements for them. If they can speak Chinese and write [-] Chinese characters, they can graduate smoothly and return to their hometown to work as officials.In particularly primitive areas, he can even take over from his father's class as mayor.

After all, the Datong court faced the reality and retained some native officials, which belonged to a disguised hereditary, but the highest position was the mayor.And if you want to succeed the mayor, you must graduate from Jinling University.

Dozens of Yunnan students came this year. They are also the children of chieftains and are working hard to learn to speak Chinese.

Lu Tianxiang went back to the girls' dormitory to take a shower, and just after getting dressed, her roommate came back.

Her former roommate, Feng Heng, has successfully graduated.With good grades, I went back to my hometown to take care of my husband and children, and by the way, I was hired as a teacher in a girls' school.

The folks still do not understand women as officials.Before graduation, female college students will use winter and summer vacations to get married, and basically go home directly after graduation.Regarding career choice, the bottom line for parents-in-law is that they are allowed to be teachers, and they can only work in girls' schools.

Wen Ruyu is an outlier.

After this impoverished woman who passed the examination in the mountainous area of ​​Jiangxi Province was named by the emperor, the dignitaries rushed to propose marriage.She refused all of them, and she was admitted as a graduate student of Qintian Academy, and studied physics under Fang Yizhi, so she didn't have the slightest intention of getting married.

Chen Weisong, the school grassroots of Jinling University, was also admitted as a graduate student and studied classics and history under Zhang Pu of the Imperial Academy.Although this guy got married, he didn't go home all day. Instead, he rented a house in Nanjing with a Kunqiang actor and started living together.

"Why are you dressed as a Yi nationality?" roommate Lin Fing asked.

Lu Tianxiang smiled and said, "Go to see the emperor. His Majesty gave me a badge. As long as I learn [-] Chinese characters, I can take the badge to have an audience. Haha, I'm going to be a female general!"

Lin Ping joked, "I bet you can't be a general."

Lu Tianxiang said: "You are not joking, your majesty cannot go back on what you say."

Lin Ping is a top female student who came from Fujian. Unlike Wen Ruyu, who comes from a poor family, this one is from the rich Lin family in Fuzhou.Moreover, she is an only child in this house, and she plans to gradually take over the business when she returns home after graduation, and by the way, find a husband with a good character.

After tidying up, Lu Tianxiang twirled around in her skirt and asked, "Does it look good?"

Lin Ping smiled and said, "It's pretty. If His Majesty sees you, he won't let you be a general, but will keep you as a concubine."

"I don't want to be a concubine, how can I have the prestige of being a general?" Lu Tianxiang asked, "How is your lover?"

Lin Bin hid her smile and sighed, "Oh, I'm afraid there is a beginning and no end."

When Lin Ping first entered college, he fell in love with a rich man.But her father said that when they get married in the future, they can only recruit a son-in-law, and it is impossible for a rich man to be a son-in-law.

So, Lin Bin searched secretly again, and finally found a new target.

It was a poor student from Hunan. Although he could not be called handsome, he was upright in appearance and excellent in character and learning.

Lin Bing took the initiative to approach, and the relationship quickly heated up.Both of them abided by etiquette and did not pierce the window paper, but they regarded each other as life partners in their hearts.

Helpless, this poor student is really too good,

Chapter 622 [The emperor wants to accept the concubine]

After all, she is a college student, and Lu Tianxiang is not so wild anymore, bowing in a respectful manner: "Meet Your Majesty!"

"sit down."

Zhao Han was still reviewing the memorial, without raising his head: "Speak up if you have something to say, you only have 15 minutes."

Lu Tianxiang said: "Your Majesty, I have learned five hundred characters."

"So?" Zhao Han asked.

Lu Tianxiang said: "Let me be the female general. If your majesty doesn't believe me, you can take the test on the spot. I can learn more than five hundred characters, and I think it's almost six hundred."

Zhao Han finally looked up: "When did I say that you can become a female general after learning [-] characters?"

Lu Tianxiang's eyes widened: "You have said that, you are not joking."

Zhao Han smiled and said, "I'm afraid you've misheard. Let me think about it, it seemed that I gave you a waist card at that time, asking you to learn five hundred characters and then enter the palace to have an audience."

"Yes, yes, yes!" Lu Tianxiang nodded repeatedly.

Zhao Han said: "The rest is all your own thinking, I didn't promise anything."

"You... Your Majesty's words don't count!" Lu Tianxiang was stunned.

"I can't count what I haven't said," Zhao Han sighed, and asked, "Do you know that there is a female general in the Datong Army?"

Lu Tianxiang said, "I know."

Zhao Han narrated: "Her name is Fei Ruhui, and she is the queen's cousin. She has fought for several years, made many achievements, her waist has become thicker, her skin has become rough and dark, and she has been separated from her husband all year round. Last year, she voluntarily applied to be transferred from the combat force and transferred to a civilian position in the Governor's Mansion, where she became the deputy head of missionary affairs."

Lu Tianxiang asked suspiciously: "Why doesn't she continue to lead troops?"

Zhao Han said: "When a woman is in the army, many things are inconvenient. Her children are getting older, and her husband is also an official. There is always someone at home to watch over her. Thinking of her hard work, she was named an earl, who is also a Datong. To the one and only lady."

"I want to be the Countess too!" Lu Tianxiang's eyes lit up when he heard that.

Zhao Han shook his head and said, "You didn't catch up with the good times. It's still possible to go back ten years. Now that all parties have calmed down,

It is even more difficult to rely on military exploits.What I want to tell you is that this Countess has been fighting for many years, and she would have risen even higher if she were a man.She has suffered from her daughter's body. It is even more difficult for you to join the army now. Ten years from now, it will be the limit to be able to lead hundreds of soldiers.The Datong Army has its own rules and regulations. It doesn't mean that you can become a general directly because of your high martial arts skills.Are you willing to be a soldier for several years? "

Lu Tianxiang hesitated to speak, she really didn't want to be a soldier.

Zhao Han finally put down the ink pen in his hand, picked up the teacup, and looked at the little girl while drinking tea.

This costume of the Yi nationality was brought by Lu Tianxiang from Guizhou. It is obvious that her head has grown again, and the hem of the skirt can no longer cover her ankles.The color of the clothes is bright and fancy, and it shows off the figure. The waist is deliberately tightened, and the legs are slender and the waist is full.

Emperor Zhao suddenly moved the old man's heart.

Of course, there are also political considerations. Southern Sichuan, western Guizhou, and northern Yunnan are all areas of the Yi people.

Many tribes are quite resistant to Sinicization.If a Yi girl can be accepted as a concubine and publicized in the Yi territory, it will definitely bring the relationship between Yi and Han closer.

Just like the Yao nationality, after Zhao Han accepted Pan Qimei, the Ba Pai Yao in Guangdong were very obedient and took the lead in responding to various government policies.

And the primitive tribes of the Guoshan Yao and slash-and-burn farming in Guangdong.They don't understand what you say, and they don't want to listen.

I thought the Han people were cheating.Just say that the emperor married a woman of the Yao nationality, and the Yao and Han are a family, and they can understand it at once.

Marriage is a very primitive political method, but it can continue to play a role in modern society.

In Guangxi and eastern Yunnan, there are still some Zhuang people who are restless, and it seems that they can accept a Zhuang woman as a concubine.

Moreover, in the face of the Zhuang people, it can be advertised that the emperor likes the concubines of the Zhuang people the most, so he ordered that the Zhuang people must be treated kindly.

Facing the Yi people, it can be advertised that the emperor likes the concubines of the Yi people the most, so he ordered that the Yi people must be treated kindly.

Haha, this is a good idea. Lu Tianxiang inspired Zhao Han, so he took a pen and wrote an order, and said to Li Xiangjun, "Leave it to the cabinet."

The content of the decree is very simple: Tongzu has a contemptuous name, and it will be renamed Zhuang in the future, taking the meaning of the mighty and majestic Z soldiers.From then on, the Han Zhuang family was only allowed to be called the Zhuang family, and could no longer be called the Tong family.The Zhuang people not only have mighty men, but also dignified and beautiful women.The emperor proposes to marry a woman of the Zhuang nationality, and each village of the Zhuang family can select beauties and send them to the government for selection.The beauty pageant is all voluntary, and local officials are not allowed to force it. Once discovered, they will be severely punished!

The cabinet received the order, and the three cabinet ministers actually got together to gossip.

Song Yingxing said with a smile: "Haha, His Majesty has finally offered to choose a concubine."

"Yes, it's very rare." Pang Chunlai was quite pleased.

Li Banghua also breathed a sigh of relief, stroked his beard and said, "It should be so, it should be so!"

The founding emperor had amazing martial arts and martial arts, and he was frugal, modest and not a womanizer.Because it was too perfect and too in line with the image of the sage, the ministers were overwhelmed.

People's hearts are always like this.

The emperor was too stupid, and the ministers thought he should be wiser.The emperor was too wise, and the ministers felt that he should be stupid, or at least have some character flaws.

Now that Zhao Han took the initiative to choose beautiful concubines, all the courtiers are comfortable. A good emperor is an imperfect emperor, and a good emperor is a lecherous emperor.

In fact, Zhao Han is not so perfect. He has been drifting away in recent years, and he calls himself "I" less and less often.

There are more and more times when I call myself "Zhen".When I first became the emperor, I basically called myself "I", and only called "Zhen" when I was angry, and now I gradually started to reverse it.

He enjoys the power of controlling the world, and sometimes he likes to be lazy and not work, and even the royal family's expenses continue to increase,

Life gradually becomes extravagant.

The selection of Zhuang and Yi concubines is not only for political considerations, but also for successful men to expose their lustful heart.

Zhao Han asked, "Who are the relatives in your family?"

Lu Tianxiang replied: "Both parents are here, and there are two older brothers."

"Do you like Nanjing?" Zhao Han asked again.

Lu Tianxiang nodded and said, "I like it. Wazi is very fun to play. I go there every festival. It's much more fun than Shuixi."

Wazi, that is, Washe.

The original intention of Goulan House is actually a large-scale folk entertainment place, and prostitutes are only a small part of it.

The main body is similar to a theater, with a stage for actors to perform.Singing opera, acrobatics, magic... everything is available, and stars can be born, not only opera famous actors, but also acrobatic stars and magic stars.

Around the theater, there are other entertainment venues and many vendors selling things, which is essentially an entertainment area.

There are even!

Rich people go to K to drink and chat, and the ladies and sisters in the atmosphere group are waiting for them.The band is also on call at any time. If customers want to sing, they can choose their favorite musical instruments, or they can directly sing to the building or to the fou.

Fou is the most popular, there are pottery, porcelain, and copper, and it was originally a jar for wine.

In the pre-Qin and Warring States period, the nobles liked to beat the fou and sing, that is, after they got drunk, they used the jars filled with wine as musical instruments to improvise.

Qin Wang drank with Zhao Wang, forced Zhao Wang to play the harp, and asked the historian to record: "Zhao Wang played the harp for the Qin King." Xiangru, please let the blood splash on your neck." There was no other way, the King of Qin had no choice but to hit the fou.Lin Xiangru asked the official historian to record: "King Qin beat fou for King Zhao."

In the Tang and Song dynasties, beating fou and singing became a matter of elegance for literati.

A bunch of old men, drunk.Use wine jars of different sizes to slap different tones and rhythms, and sing generously there like howling ghosts and wolves, with the girls in the atmosphere group clapping and applauding beside them.

At this time, Nanjing's entertainment industry was more prosperous than that in the late Ming Dynasty, and it liked to engage in retro style.

The Fou Hall is one of them, which can be called ancient times, where the young ladies do not sell themselves.Even if you sell your body, you don't sell it in the hall, you can only ask the young lady out.

Zhao Han asked about what he had seen in Nanjing, and Lu Tianxiang immediately said with great interest: "There is Zhang Jiuzhi in the tile, he is very famous. He has learned illusions from other people, such a big water tank..." Lu Tianxiang opened his arms and gestured, " There was still water in the tank, and in front of hundreds of dry people, it was stuffed into the hem of the clothes and it was gone.”

"What else?" Zhao Han asked with a smile.

Lu Tianxiang added: "He also has a cornucopia, throwing one silver dollar into it can bring out dozens of silver dollars.

Last year, a Zhejiang businessman wanted to buy his cornucopia on the spot, saying that he was willing to pay three thousand taels of silver. "

Zhao Han found it interesting: "Is it sold?"

Lu Tianxiang said: "Not for sale. Zhang Jiuzhi smashed the cornucopia and told the merchant that it is not the cornucopia that can produce silver.

Chapter 623 [Illusion Trick]

The sky is bright and the air is clear, and the autumn wind is refreshing.

Nearly two hundred female officials and court ladies came to the imperial garden one after another. .The stage has been set up, but there is not enough space, and the maids with lower status can only stand far away among the flower beds.

The emperor and concubines, along with their princes and daughters, also showed up one after another.

"Sister, were you still young? When we were eight years old, Mother took us to a temple fair to watch magic tricks." Fei Rumei asked.

Fei Rulan smiled and said, "I remember, you almost got lost, and Zhenfang called for the adults to look for you."

Pan Qimei asked curiously, "Is there really magic?"