Chapter 201 attracting bees and butterflies
One Chengdu was opened in nine days, and thousands of doors and thousands of households were drawn;
The grass, trees, clouds and mountains are as beautiful as the brocade, and the Qin Dynasty can be as close as there is nothing here.
This is from the praise of the poet Li Bai for the land of Bashu, the country of Tianfu, and the "Qin" among them is the 800-mile Qinchuan, which is the first rich and fertile land to have the reputation of Tianfu. It is a pity that Emperor Shin-Emperor built a large-scale construction to cause serious soil erosion in order to build the Afang Palace and the Qin Mausoleum of Mount Li. Later, a fire in the Afang Palace burned for three months. It is unimaginable how many acres of forests were burned to death from then on.
After the Qin Dynasty, the 800-mile Qinchuan suffered from natural disasters and the huge material resources needed to build Chang'an City during the Sui and Tang Dynasties. Countless forests were cut down, and the population in the pass increased sharply and had to deforest and cultivate farmland. In addition, the climate caused the prosperous Tang Dynasty. During the period of the Empress Zetian of the Tang Dynasty, there was no longer enough food for food around Chang'an City, and it had to go south to Luoyang several times to eat. It gradually made the praise of the Tianfu Country in the pass unworthy. It was replaced by the Bashu Land, which had thousands of hectares of fertile land in Dujiangyan. With the unique geographical environment, Sichuan gradually became the unique Tianfu Country in China.
At the end of the Song Dynasty and the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty, the soldiers and people of Bashu resisted Mongolian iron hooves for nearly half a century. They were massacred by Mongolians several times, and all industries were withered and people suffered from their livelihoods. It was not until the Ming army entered Sichuan in the fourth year of Hongwu.
Zhu Yuanzhang attached great importance to the country of Tianfu and conferred the eleventh son of the emperor Zhu Chun as the King of Shu. The talented Zhu Chun among the sons operated Sichuan.
Zhu Chun, the king of Shu, lived up to expectations. When other princes were all focused on training soldiers and preparing for the horses, he was only eager to seek talented people and invited several great scholars to help govern Sichuan and defend the western frontier with ethics. On occasion, he asked the court to send troops to help quell the rebellion several times. In addition to the Daxing Academy, he encouraged the economy and water conservancy development, and led the people to reclaim wasteland and plant farming and sericulture, which soon allowed the people of Bashu to recuperate and recover.
Historical books evaluated the rule of Sichuan: Shu people have been in business since then. They have become increasingly wealthy, and they have not prepared military service for two hundred years in Sichuan, which is the power of the Chun!
Mu Ningxue fought in a mess. Yunnan, which gradually stabilized, passed by Bashu. She was immediately infected by Chengdu Prefecture, which was prosperous in all industries and had a strong literary style. She was lingering for a while. She was also deeply influenced by Xu Hao. She no longer guarded the gates and did not go out of the two gates. She was enthusiastically traveling through famous places and historical sites. She especially liked the Wangjiang Tower and Sanhua Tower built by the King of Shu. Standing upstairs and looking at Jinjiang, she was not much more favorable than the ten miles of Qinhuai.
Mu Chun was unable to return to Beijing at the end of November because of official business, so he sent someone to inform the King of Shu to take care of him. The female family members of the Mu family were welcomed into the King of Shu's Mansion by Zhu Chun, which was safe. Since Lan Yu was killed, Zhu Chun's first wife, Lan, was given poisonous wine, and the position of the concubine was empty. When she saw Mu Ningxue, she was shocked.
Mrs. Mu knew Zhu Chun very well and mentioned Xu Hao several times when she spoke. As expected, Zhu Chun, who was intimately nicknamed "Scholar of Shu" by Zhu Yuanzhang, immediately extinguished his thoughts of courting. In order to calm the hearts of the women of the Mu family, he immediately made his concubine Jin the concubine and sent someone to ask the court to enthrone him.
Mu Ningxue appreciates the upright King of Shu, who is open and honest, and stays in Chengdu for fun. However, she repeatedly refuses Zhu Chun’s invitation and does not want to cause Xu Hao’s misunderstanding. It is really that she knows her lover’s mind about such matters and is petty. Moreover, she remembers Xu Hao’s caution when going out, and no matter where she goes, the 300 Mu family will never leave her for a moment.
However, beauty will always be coveted for no reason. Especially beauties with status, beauty is not a joke. Zhu Yueyao, the second son of the King of Shu, actually had her idea in order to seize the position of prince.
Zhu Yueyao was originally a concubine, and his biological mother was Jin, who had just been made the official concubine. The eldest son Zhu Yueyan's status in the royal palace plummeted with the death of the former Shu princess.
Zhu Yueyao thought that if he could marry the princess of the Mu family, he would naturally be able to easily overwhelm his brother. With the support of the Mu family, it would not be difficult to find the prince's fault and fight for the throne. Moreover, the princess of the Mu family is both talented and beautiful, and this alone is enough to match him. How could he let her go back to Beijing? Otherwise, he would have to regret it for the rest of his life.
It was also a coincidence that Mu Ningxue was accidentally caught by Zhu Yueyao when she went out. She saw a beautiful and elegant young woman wearing a moon-white silk shirt embroidered with light hibiscus, a white plain gauze skirt with green water ripples, a few hibiscus petals floating on the front and back skirt doors, a white jade hairpin was inserted on the bun, a golden flower ornament on the front and ruby, and she sat in a sedan chair gracefully.
If it weren't for the escort of the Mu Mansion, Zhu Yueyao would have almost couldn't help but rush over to his subordinates and snatch the people back and cook them into cooked rice.
After a long time, Zhu Yueyao sighed: "It's like the fairy Furong coming down to the world. Concubine Xiang is in the middle of a lifetime. If I don't marry her, I will definitely regret it for life."
Jin Huaien, the younger brother of Jin, laughed and said, "Why bother? Being close to the water tower, it is not difficult to impress the princess' heart with his highness. But Your Highness must remember that Prince Mu's mansion is not a trivial matter. Even the prince is polite. You must not act rashly as before, otherwise your life will be unsuccessful."
Zhu Yueyao nodded and said excitedly: "Let's go, let's meet Princess Yuning."
Unexpectedly, as soon as someone left, someone immediately spread the news to the capital.
There were two ends of the conversation. In the Xu family garden in the capital, Xu Hao was sitting bored in a conspicuous pavilion, drinking no matter how much tea was left. He rarely held the most expensive Xiangfei bamboo fan in his hand, dressed in a noble man.
"Sister-in-law, what do you want me to do? If you don't say it, I'll leave." Xu Hao shouted boredly into the flowers on one side.
"Shut up and sit honestly." Zhu Qiaoqiao's crisp voice came from the flowers.
Xu Hao had no choice but to continue sitting obediently. After sitting for a long time, Sanxi trotted over and shouted: "Grandma, grandma, the second lady has taken the wrong path and actually went to the other end of the princess's mansion."
"What?" Zhu Qiaoqiao immediately crawled out of the flowers and asked with a bad look: "What's wrong with you? Where have so many girls died? Where is Xiangling Xiangxuan? Didn't she arrange to show her way!"
Xu Hao eavesdropped curiously, and then heard Sanxi defend himself: "Originally, the second wife came down to Shuangxuezhai, and Xiangling was waiting near Linxia Pavilion. Xiangxuan was waiting on the way to Jiangxuezhai. Unexpectedly, the second wife took the path to the bamboo forest, which made us easy to find. She actually headed straight to the princess's mansion. She walked very fast and couldn't catch up even if she wanted to, and there was no trace at once."
Zhu Qiaoqiao said in wonder: "This is amazing, what did she do there?"
Xu Hao finally couldn't bear it and walked over and asked, "Sister-in-law, what are you going to do? Even Xiangling Xiangxuan is out, why do I feel uneasy to you?"
Zhu Qiaoqiao said disappointedly: "I originally wanted to borrow the twin sisters to lead her to you and see how this new lady is. If she dares to try to seduce you, I will seize her handle on the spot. I will not worry about whether she will obey me in the future."
Xu Hao immediately took a breath and said to himself that sister-in-law, you are so bad. He said in surprise: "What about me? Isn't my reputation destroyed for a lifetime? You can think of such a bad trick, and I admire you."
Zhu Qiaoqiao narrowed her eyes proudly and said with a smile: "You don't know the reputation of your third young master in our family. You just click your fingers and guarantee that countless women will come to you to pick them one after another. Geng Chunhua has always been greedy for money and is most vain. These days, I often secretly ask about everything about you. I expected that she would have other ideas, so I designed to capture her. Unfortunately, this stupid man took the wrong path."
Xu Hao was so funny that he was amused and sighed: "You always give up your hand, can we change the bait?"
"Where can I find bait except you? Be good!"
While coaxing his brother casually, Zhu Qiaoqiao thought about it, and suddenly her expression changed. She shouted in surprise: "By the way, why did you forget the Li brothers over there, go quickly."
"Li Fang and Li Mao?" Xu Hao's expression also changed and he hurriedly followed his sister-in-law.
In Qianshou Hall, Xu Cuitao snuggled shyly in the old lady's arms, while Wang stood by the window observing Li Mao who was deceived by Princess Lin'an. As the saying goes, the mother-in-law loves her son-in-law the more she sees her son-in-law, let alone Li Mao is a handsome man. Apart from being a little younger, he has no shortcomings.
Princess Lin'an smiled confidently and said nothing. After a while, she joked at Cui Tao: "Are you still satisfied?"
Xu Cuitao blushed and turned her head. The old lady gently stroked her granddaughter's back and laughed: "If Erya was not satisfied, she would have slipped away long ago."
Princess Lin'an smiled knowingly and asked casually: "Where has Hao'er been? She hasn't seen him these days."
The old lady asked Yuelan: "Last night, I said that I had a leave today and disappeared early in the morning. By the way, Qiaoqiao is there? Their sisters have not opened a poetry club these days, so why don't they see any of them here?"
Yuelan chuckled and said, "I heard that my family bought a batch of good Shu embroidery in Sichuan and wanted to sew new clothes for the second girl. I believe the girls are all busy with this. The drought near the capital this year and the crops are not growing well. The eldest grandma has discussed with the third young master to reduce the harvest of tenants this year. The third young master said that the hometown of Fengyang is devastated by the locust god, and many of the fields are not harvested. The second housekeeper has been sent to rush over. The third young master said that although the hometown has suffered a disaster, it has been harvested in recent years, and the imperial taxes have been reduced. Therefore, the grain of Mikuli has accumulated as many as the mountain, and the family will definitely not starve to death. He ordered the second housekeeper to go to help the poor people on this trip. Instead, there is no need to worry about our relatives, even if they cry poor, they don't have to pay attention to it."
"Amitabha, well done." Princess Lin'an listened, and thought to himself that the real person in the Xu family was Xu Hao, the young third son. She said it was the only one at home. Her father and I did not misunderstand others. She gave most of the mansion to the Xu family. This move seemed to be the right one. I don't know if Xu Hao could still stand firm in the court and support her two sons when his father got old in the future.
The old lady smiled and said, "The third brother has always treated the best merchants in the village. With him, the people in the village will never suffer from poverty and hunger, and they will sleep soundly."
At this moment, Xiao, by the window, said deliberately: "Sister-in-law, how much dowry do you need to prepare when the second girl gets married?"
Wang smiled dryly when he heard this, "Of course I won't feel wronged Cui Tao, but there are two sisters Cuiyun and Cui Liu. As a mother, I want to treat each other with a bowl of water, so it's not good to be favored by one or the other."
The old lady knew Wang's stingy and greedy nature, and did not want the princess to see the joke, so she said, "Cui Tao's dowry is ready. As a mother, you can give a dowry of 1,000 taels."
Wang was overjoyed and said generously: "How dare you let your mother spend money? I can still afford a dowry of thousands of taels of silver."
The old lady smiled and said, "With our family Qiaoqiao and Hongye, I am full of confidence, so you don't have to compete with me."
Seeing this, Princess Lin'an hurriedly said, "How can this work? How can she let her sister-in-law and her sister pay? As long as the old lady and her wife give it casually, no matter how much dowry, my family is not short of money."
The old lady smiled and said, "It's not true, but who told me that there is a Hao'er in my family? He insisted on taking on a big bag, and he couldn't twist him. So let the younger generation worry about it."
Xiao walked over and said, "I said at the beginning that Hao'er and Cuitao had a deep love. In fact, the relationship between them is deep? As the saying goes, the eldest sister-in-law is like a mother, which is also the same thing as Qiaoqiao and Hongye."
Princess Lin'an was moved and sighed: "The Xu family has a strong family affection. I can feel completely relieved if Cui Tao is my daughter-in-law."
Chapter completed!