Chapter 188: Choosing a Squire Position

A few days later, the Bai family's green and white porcelain began to pour into the Bai family's shops, various shapes of jade porcelain, attracted the attention of many people, the price is slightly higher than the celadon and white porcelain, but it is also acceptable, many large families have placed orders.

In addition, what soap soap, mosquito repellent flower water are also on sale, rich squires, powerful families, began to compete for the first purchase, so that the Bai family's turnover continues to rise, the momentum is huge.

At the same time, the Lu family, the Pan family, the Yu family, the Han family and other big families also followed the promotion and sales of the Bai family's goods, making the business of Qingbai porcelain and soap better, and suddenly covering the Runzhou market.

The families who were too close to the Ding family before felt depressed at this time, they offended the Bai family, and then turned around to reconcile, but the list of blue and white porcelain had to wait for a long time before it was their family's turn, and the degree of preferential treatment was less than that of other families, such as the Lu family and the Pan family.

"It's all the Ding family that harms people a lot, not to say that the Bai family can be crushed this time, but I didn't expect the Bai family to become more prosperous, and there are several new commodities, which are selling hot in the city."

"The Ding family's business has shrunk by more than half, let's see how they survive this!"

"Hmph, it's all the Ding family who have nothing to do with it, in the past, the Ding and Bai families didn't interfere with each other, and they were safe, but now it's good, the Ding family went to poke the hornet's nest by themselves, and they deserved to be stung."

Some businessmen talked a lot behind their backs, damaging what the Ding family had done, dragging them all into the water, causing some losses, and complaining.

In short, the rise of the Bai family is unstoppable.

In addition to this incident, the West Chamber of Xiangyun Pavilion has been growing in popularity since the performance, and now the drama is about to end, and the audience at noon and night is full.

The first and second floors of the Xiangyun Pavilion were all overcrowded, watching the wonderful scenes of the opera approaching the end of the play.

The number of scholars, scholars, and sons who go to Xiangyun Pavilion every day has increased, and they all choose Xiangyun Pavilion for dinner, resulting in a sharp decrease in the number of guests from the other three flower houses of the same level and becoming a lot of depression.

It is rumored that the shopkeepers and behind-the-scenes financiers of Cuiwei Pavilion, Tongque Tower, and Red Sleeve Fang are also looking for Runzhou talents to write this kind of opera story, but the temporary cottage imitation is not the essence and essentials, dull and weak, and it is still not comparable with the West Chamber!

Red Sleeves, in an attic in the side yard.

The three major flowers, Fu Chan'er, Qiu Zhilan, and Su Xiaowan, gathered again to discuss how to fight against Liu Monong.

Su Xiaowan was seventeen years old, and her voice was as clear as a yellow bird: "Two sisters, if this continues, Liu Monong's popularity will be high, and she may not be able to wait for the Mid-Autumn Festival Oiran Competition, she has already earned enough fame and reputation, we don't have to compare anything this year, we are all willing to bow down." ”

Fu Chan'er snorted coldly: "Liu Monong is lucky, from the hands of Su Yixuan, the first genius of Jiangzuo, he got the book of the West Chamber, if it is in our hands, it can also become popular." However, she only has this one play, and after the West Chamber is finished, her popularity will gradually decline. After two or three months, maybe the people and scholars of Runzhou will gradually forget about it. ”

Qiu Zhilan sighed softly: "As long as Su Yixuan doesn't appear anymore and doesn't write a new opera script for Liu Monong, we won't be afraid!" ”

Su Xiaowan sighed with emotion: "I don't know where Su Gongzi lives now?" Why is there no movement again, if you can see him and buy a book from him at a high price, we can perform at the same time, and we can also suppress Liu Monong's limelight. ”

"I don't know how Liu Monong said that Su Yixuan's son, will he use other means?" Qiu Zhilan muttered to herself.

Fu Chan'er laughed and said: "A son like that kind of talent, maybe he is a romantic talent, Liu Monong has been with him for eighty percent, or promised to return by recommending a pillow after turning over." ”

Su Xiaowan looked obsessed, holding her cheeks with both hands, and sighed: "It's a pity that we haven't had the chance to meet this Su Caizi!" I don't know if there are any rumors about it, suave and beautiful like Pan An. It is said that even the noble Xu Cainu has always been obsessed, and a few days ago she sent people around to inquire about the whereabouts of Su Yixuan's talent, and even condescended to the merchant Jia Baifu several times to ask Bai Susu. ”

Hua Dan, who is a dignified Tongque Tower, has always been a goblin who fascinates that group of men, and at this time she looks like a little fan girl, which makes Fu Chan'er and Qiu Zhilan cry and laugh.

Fu Chan'er shook her head and teased: "Don't be a nymphomaniac, even if Su Yixuan is talented, he hasn't heard that he is in the imperial examination high school, he should be a partial talent, and like the West Chamber, I don't believe he can create another one of similar quality at any time!" ”

"That is, after Liu Monong finishes this play, we can still find a way to suppress her."

At this moment, the maid Yu'er ran into the room, panting, and said to Fu Chan'er: "Miss, no, today the maid went to Xiangyun Pavilion to watch the scene of the West Chamber, before the curtain ended, that Liu Huadan actually released a news, saying that in May, Xiangyun Pavilion will launch a new drama "Peony Pavilion", which is not as exciting as the West Chamber, or the opera script written by Su Yixuan himself! ”

"Huh?" The three Hua Dan were all dumbfounded.

………

Runju Hanfu.

Han Xizai set up a private banquet in the house, and practiced it for the capital transfer envoy and the household member, and no one accompanied him, only the two of them drank and chatted.

"Old Han, Gao is going to return to Jinling tomorrow to resume his life, I don't know if Old Han has any words or letterhead to convey to our housekeeper?"

Gao Yuan did not forget the explanation given to him by Li Yu, the monarch of the Tang Kingdom, before leaving, that he must visit Han Xizai and convey the meaning of the official family, and planned to ask Han Xizai to return to Beijing to resume his post.

Most of the six books are fictitious, generally regardless of the specific things, by the highly respected people to hold the title concurrently, the daily specific things by the left and right waiters to be in charge of the work, among which the left waiter is the biggest, the right waiter is second.

Before the dismissal, Han Xizai was the left servant of the household department, which can be described as a real power department, in charge of the finances of the Tang State in Jiangnan, and it is precisely because of this that he witnessed the emptiness of the treasury, the increasing burden of the people, the gradual reduction of taxes, and the decline of national strength, which made Han Xizai disheartened and not calm enough in the court.

At that time, Han Xizai lost his temper, was a little more extreme, his rhetoric was violent, he shook the palace, was impeached by the imperial history, and his words also lost the face of the official family, so he was dismissed from his official position and came to his home in Runzhou to recuperate.

However, Li Yu knew that Han Xizai, a veteran of the three dynasties, was a rare and important minister of the Tang State, so a few months later, Li Yu felt remorseful and constantly sent officials of the Sun Party to Runzhou to probe the wind and convey the holy will, intending to ask Han Xizai to return to Beijing to reinstate himself and continue to share political affairs for the imperial court.

At this moment, Han Xizai hesitated for a moment, and said: "It's not impossible to go back to Beijing to reinstate the official, but the household department is too tired, Han is old, and he plans to go to a quiet ministry, so choose the ministry, by the way, take charge of the affairs of the autumn and spring affairs, after you return to Jinling, you can enter the palace to meet the officials, if you agree to the old man to be the servant of the ministry and be responsible for the imperial examination of the tribute this year, I can return to Beijing." ”

In fact, in the Sui Dynasty and the early Tang Dynasty, the imperial examination has been presided over by the Ministry of Officials, and there was a famous "Erli Dispute" in the history of the imperial examination during the Kaiyuan period of the Tang Dynasty.

However, in the history of the Southern Tang Dynasty, there were several instances of the servants of the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of Rites, who presided over the imperial examinations in turn, and it happened to be the turn of the officials and the servants in a few years.

After Gao Yuan heard this, his eyes lit up, and he thought that although the position of the servant of the Ministry of Officials was important, it was not as powerful as the Household Squire in charge of money, and His Majesty should not object!