Chapter 4 Jinling City
At the end of the Tang Dynasty, a scholar went to Beijing to take the exam and failed several times. After the last time he posted the exam, he wrote a poem in anger:
"The chrysanthemums in the last few years":
When autumn comes September 8th,
I will kill all the flowers after they bloom.
The sky-summing fragrance array penetrates Chang'an,
The whole city is covered with golden armor!
After leaving Chang'an, he indeed participated in the peasant uprising in the late Tang Dynasty and became the leader of the rebel army step by step. He eventually captured the Chang'an City, the capital of the Tang Dynasty, changed the reign to the Jin Dynasty, and the country was named Daqi.
He is Huang Chao, a famous scholar in history.
According to legend, after he captured Chang'an City, he slaughtered the Li Tang royal family and civil and military ministers on a large scale. In addition, he was also known for his brutality in his military management. Wherever he passed, he burned, killed, plundered and raised his army. Therefore, although his life was very legendary, his historical evaluation was not high.
However, this is just a piece of history that Jia Baoyu remembered in his previous life. When he opened the history books of this world, he found that it seemed different...
Huang Chao did not have the name of cruelty and bloodthirsty. According to historical records, he was strict in governing his army. After breaking through Chang'an, he had a clear distinction between rewards and punishments, and tried his best to win over the remaining officials of the late Tang Dynasty and the surrounding separatist towns, and his power became increasingly powerful.
Therefore, his Da Qi did not live for less than four years as recorded in the original history, but became more than ten years. It was not until his death, when Da Qi was destroyed.
The wheel of history is so connected.
Jia Baoyu didn't know if Huang Chao had also been traveled through time, but it was because of the incision of his small wings that the original historical trajectory had shifted, causing the subsequent history to become beyond recognition.
The founder of the Song Dynasty was not Taizu Zhao Kuangyin, but the Saint Zhao Defang (son of Zhao Kuangyin).
It was not Kublai Khan who destroyed the Song Dynasty, but Genghis Khan.
The one who replaced the Yuan Dynasty was not the Ming Dynasty, but the Zhou Dynasty...
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The Five Dynasties were not the original Five Dynasties, and the Song and Yuan Dynasties also changed their flavor. As for the Ming and Qing Dynasties, they did not appear. Instead, they were caught in the back of the Yuan Dynasties, which had only been twenty or thirty years, and then they were overthrown by the Taizu of this dynasty and replaced...
Two similar but different histories circling in Jia Baoyu's mind, which made him a little dizzy, and finally confirmed that he was in a dynasty that had no history in his previous life.
This dynasty, whose country was named Daxuan, was the ruler of the Han Dynasty.
Although the Yuan Dynasty founded by Genghis Khan was powerful and powerful, as he died, the empire created with extreme force immediately showed its serious shortcomings in civil governance. In the past few decades, the powerful army began to decay and became unable to suppress the uprising caused by the rulers' levies and taxes.
At this time, the Mongolian nobles also began to fight and split. One of the forces took advantage of the situation and rose to replace the Yuan Dynasty and changed the country's name to the Great Zhou Dynasty. The situation improved for a while.
Unfortunately, the Great Zhou could not completely avoid the shortcomings of the Great Yuan Dynasty. In addition, the tyranny of the Great Yuan Dynasty had completely angered tens of millions of Han people in the world. Peasant uprisings led by Han people across the country were still emerging one after another.
The land of China is deeply trapped in the quagmire of separatism and war.
Finally, the Emperor Taizu of Daxuan rose up, gathered the anger of the Han people for a hundred years, spent half of his life, and gradually suppressed civil strife from south to north, expelled foreign barbarians, and finally ended the history of the Central Plains being occupied and plundered by foreign races for a hundred years, and restored the Han Dynasty!
This is the background of the establishment of Daxuan. Today's family is the Yuanxuan royal family.
Jia Baoyu was relieved to know that the background of the dynasty was the Han Dynasty.
As a Han man with a sense of historical honor and a three-good student who grew up under the Red Banner, although he did not have the mood of ethnic discrimination. However, he finally traveled around for a while. If he had a choice, he still didn't want to kneel down and lick the Qing Dynasty like the Qing Dynasty (of course, if he really arrived in the Qing Dynasty, it would not be completely unacceptable to lick it in order to survive...).
"Brother Bao~!"
As soon as he came out of Mrs. Wang's room, a thick voice came from afar. Jia Baoyu knew who the owner of the voice was without even looking at it.
He raised his head and saw the little fat man Xue Pan running over smoothly. He looked very happy and pulled Jia Baoyu and said, "It's been cloudy for a few days. It's been a good day today. I'll take you to Jinling City!"
Jia Baoyu was not very interested in the enthusiasm of Xue Pan when he met, but was a little interested in what he said, so he only took a step back and said, "I'm going to hide it from Brother Xue, I had this thought before, but my mother asked me to rest well in the house..."
I have been here for a few days in the Xue family. How could Jia Baoyu not want to go out for a tour of Jinling City? Moreover, although he has always looked at Xue Pan with tinted glasses, Xue Pan is very sincere to him. In the past few days, all kinds of delicious food and fun have been sent to his yard. People are subjectively conscious. Under this premise, Jia Baoyu's view of Xue Pan has changed a lot.
Actually, if you count it seriously, Xue Pan is only fifteen or sixteen years old now, and may have many problems with playboys. This is not too strange for the children of the aristocratic families. In addition, his father has only died less than a year ago. Jia Baoyu estimated that Xue Pan's real five poison tools was completely formed after he arrived in the capital, met the Jia family's group of people, and was uncontrollable.
"Hey, what's the point of rest? I see that your illness has been cured. My aunt is just worried. Like my mother, every time I have a minor illness and pain in my life, she is extremely nervous, as if I will die tomorrow. I can't go there, nor can I go there. I don't know that I'm holding it all day long and I'm not sick, but I've gotten into trouble."
Jia Baoyu didn't want Xue Pan to say such insightful words, and felt a little impressed at him, so he said, "Okay, I'll go back and report to my mother..."
"No, we won't leave the city, I've been applauding all the people and followers, and even your servants have called me, waiting. I'll ask them to go back and understand. Otherwise, if you go back, I might have repeatedly told you, but it's a mistake for us." Xue Pan said, calling two maids over and asked her to go to Aunt Xue and Mrs. Wang to come back and understand.
In this way, Jia Baoyu didn't say much. Xue Pan seemed to go out a lot and had a follower, so he thought nothing happened.
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"Brother Bao, get on the horse?!"
At the corner of the southeast gate of the Xue family, Xue Pan got on the horse. When he turned around, he saw Jia Baoyu still standing there and urged him.
Jia Baoyu said "Oh" and looked at the horse more than five feet tall in front of him, feeling a little relieved.
He had never learned riding skills, and he felt very unsure of riding a horse when he was on the horse for the first time. He also knew that riding a horse was probably a very common skill in this era. In order not to show his fear, Jia Baoyu had to bite the bullet and step on the stirrups and try to force himself to the stool.
He thought too much. Seeing Jia Baoyu hesitating, his servants hurriedly worked together to support him, almost carrying him on the horse, which was very stable.
Just sitting up, condescending with a broad vision, Jia Baoyu suddenly felt that it seemed to be pretty good.
When Xue Pan saw that he was sitting firmly, he rode his horse and was about to leave.
Suddenly, four or five people came from outside, both old and young, and were not dressed in a vulgar manner, not like ordinary people.
As soon as he saw Xue Pan, the middle-aged man walking in front of him greeted him warmly: "Oh, Brother Pan, you're about to talk to you, you see, even your third uncle is here, let's talk inside..."
I heard the tone of speaking, it was like a relative.
Xue Pan suddenly pulled his face down, which was very bad, and snorted coldly: "I'm not available today. What errand do you want to do? Let me tell my mother!"
After saying that, he ignored the embarrassing expressions of several people, and left with the horse's back.
Jia Baoyu's servant also followed with his horse.
After walking more than ten steps away, seeing Xue Pan still looking angry and cursing, Jia Baoyu couldn't help but ask: "What are those people?"
Xue Pan said hatefully: "It's all imprisoned. Seeing that my father is gone, everyone wants to make a decision on my family!"
Jia Baoyu was thinking. Xue Pan was not very confused. After cursing for a few more words, he threw away his hands and said, "Don't care about them. My mother told me not to agree to them randomly. I'm too lazy to pay attention to them. Let's continue to visit the city!"
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As the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties, Jinling City not only has a strong cultural atmosphere, but also has a very wide urban area.
Xue Pan is just taking Jia Baoyu out to play today, and he has no purpose. However, Jia Baoyu is just trying to see more, and has no certain place to go. Therefore, the group has been crazy for half a day and is just a stroll.
However, when he passed by two brothels in the middle, Xue Pan strongly encouraged Jia Baoyu to take him in and have fun.
Jia Baoyu also wanted to go in and take a look. After all, compared to the "red light district" that was beyond my disgrace in later generations, the brothels in ancient times were a place with a long history, a complete system, and an open and upright place that made countless otakus think about in later generations. I think the atmosphere inside was definitely very different!
However, after thinking about his current situation, Jia Baoyu still refused. At this time, go in and do something. It hurts your body and doesn’t do anything. It’s too heart-wrenching!
Xue Pan saw that Jia Baoyu insisted on not going in, so he was fine. First of all, he was afraid that his mother and aunt would complain. The most important thing was that Jia Baoyu was indeed a little smaller, and he didn't know if the thing was mature. If he was only happy at that time, he would let him stare at him. This was something Xue Pan would never want to do, it was too unrighteous! If Jia Baoyu was a few years older, he would have to pull him in any way. He paid the money and asked the kiln sister inside to treat his cousin well on his behalf. In the future, he would have no reason not to show his "collection" to himself when he arrived in the capital...
At noon, Xue Pan felt hungry and said to Jia Baoyu: "Let's go, let's have a meal first. After the meal, we will take you to the Qinhuai River to stroll around. Hehe, let's tell you, it's so lively there!"
Well, Jia Baoyu from Qinhuai naturally knew that the most prosperous place in ancient times was the most prosperous place for prostitution...
After entering a big restaurant called Yixuanju, the restaurant shopkeeper clearly recognized Xue Pan and came forward to greet him in person.
"Shopkeeper Huang, take out all the best food and drinks in your store. Today I want to entertain guests!"
"Ter!" Manager Huang immediately went to make arrangements after hearing this. Xue Pan said to his fellow followers again, and the servant said, "You should eat whatever you want to eat, you don't have to save money for me today!"
"Thank you, Mr.!" The servant of the Xue family suddenly seemed to be very happy. Even the servant of the Jia family who followed him was very excited. After saying a few good words, he sat aside and discussed what to eat together.
"Brother Bao, just say whatever you want to eat, don't be polite to me." Xue Pan pulled Jia Baoyu down and said generously.
Jia Baoyu knew that this guy was a rich man and wanted to be generous in front of him. Of course, he was not polite to him and let Xue Pan order anything. Soon more than a dozen dishes with colors, fragrance and flavor were served on the table one after another, and of course, there was a pot of fine wine...
After eating a meal, most of the dishes were not touched much, and Jia Baoyu felt a little regretful. However, Xue Pan did not feel anything. He pulled Jia Baoyu downstairs and walked straight to the door, and neither the shopkeeper nor the shopkeeper stopped him.
Jia Baoyu asked, "Don't you have to pay money?"
Xue Pan's servant Wu Quan quickly explained: "Our uncle often comes here to have a drink, and they always keep the accounts. At the end of the month, the shopkeeper will send someone to the mansion to settle the accounts."
So that's it, Jia Baoyu said that he was ignorant.
At this time, a man's voice came from the door.
"Hey, I heard that this is one of the best restaurants in Jinling City. I sold you for a good price today. I will be generous with your father and let you have a good meal. Three days later, you have to follow Mr. Feng happily. If he is unhappy, I will not get the money behind me. I will not deal with you!"
With the sound, a man in his forties or fifties, with a thin and hunched waist, pulled a girl in his arms, and the little girl was holding a sign in his hand.
After the man entered the door, perhaps because the light inside the house was darker than outside, he couldn't see clearly for a while, so he squinted his eyes and looked around, describing that he looked even more obscene.
Xue Pan was a little drunk, but he looked up and went out without paying attention for a while, and then suddenly hit the man. Xue Pan looked down and saw that he was a ragged man dressed like a beggar and hit him. He was furious: "Damn it, where is the poor guy from? You can't walk with eyes?"
"Damn it, little one, little one, please calm down..." The man saw Xue Pan's fierce and vicious spirit, with more than ten people following him, and he dared not have a little temper. He quickly bent down and bowed and begged for mercy.
Chapter completed!