"Go to Shen Guifei's palace."

Near noon, Emperor Jiajing felt that it was not fragrant to eat alone, and prepared to go to Shen Guifei.

In the past few months, the current Emperor Jiajing and Shen Guifei have walked the closest.

"The Holy One has arrived."

Outside Shen Guifei's palace, Huang Jin shouted at the top of his voice.

At this time, in Shen Guifei's house, Shen Guifei, Concubine Wen Jing, Concubine Lu Jing, and Concubine Zhao Yi were playing mahjong.

Shen Guifei: "Holy Lord! ”

Concubine Lu Jing: "The saint is here!" ”

Concubine Wen Jing: "Sister Guifei is blessed here, we can often see the saint, and we are all stained." ”

Concubine Zhang Defei: "Hurry up and go out to pick up the driver." ”

The four concubines hurriedly went to the palace gate to pick up the car.

"The concubine greets the saint."

Emperor Jiajing entered the house and saw that the four of them were playing mahjong.

Although he has seen Shen Guifei the most, he has also seen Concubine Lu Jing, Concubine Wen Jing, and Concubine Zhang Defei a few times.

It's a little awkward at first, but the palace is too deserted, and you need to talk to someone. So after coming and going, the current Emperor Jiajing became familiar with some of these concubines with good personalities.

"I'm playing mahjong."

Emperor Jiajing sat at the mahjong table, holding a mahjong made of jade in his hand, and smiled: "You have all learned?" ”

Concubine Wen Jing replied with a smile: "Holy Lord, the concubine is learning from Sister Guifei and Sister Jing together with Sister Defei, they are taught by the Holy Lord, but they are amazing, and the Sutra has won us a lot of silver." ”

Concubine Wen Jing was the youngest of the four concubines, the other three were all in their forties, and she was in her early thirties.

"The saint hasn't had lunch yet, so the concubine will prepare."

Shen Guifei is smart and knows how to grasp the key to say.

"I'm here to eat, and it just so happens that you're all here, eating together."

Emperor Jiajing said: "It's okay in the afternoon, I will play mahjong with you." ”

Concubine Wen Jing: "Holy Lord, you have to let us." ”

Shen Guifei left to prepare lunch.

"It's going to be a little while before we eat."

Emperor Jiajing looked at the jade mahjong on the table and said, "I will play a few games with you." ”

This mahjong was made by Emperor Jiajing and asked Huang Jin to find someone to make it, jade, painted with color, exactly the same as what he had seen in his previous life.

The palace was boring, and the concubines were also bored, so Emperor Jiajing had mahjong made and taught the concubines how to play.

I first played with Shen Guifei and Lu Jingfei before, and I taught them, and they were teaching other sisters.

Otherwise, the emperor is not there, and the two of them can't play, and they just started playing, they just learned, and they won a lot, and they all took the initiative to find closer sisters to play together.

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Mahjong is also known as "sparrow", which was invented by ancient China and has hundreds of millions of fans in China, and currently has loyal fans in many foreign countries.

But when exactly did mahjong begin? Who invented it? There are many opinions on this issue.

Mahjong is a casual game that originated in China, originally a game of royalty and princes, and its history can be traced back to three or four thousand years ago. In the long-term historical evolution process, mahjong gradually spread from the court to the people, and was basically finalized in the middle of the Qing Dynasty.

There are several mainstream theories about the origin of mahjong.

First, legend has it that in the Ming Dynasty, there was a person named Wan Piao who created mahjong on the basis of "Ye Zi Ge Xi", using his own name "Wan Bi Tiao" as the three basic suits.

Second, some people say that mahjong is the "grain protection brand" of Taicang, Jiangsu.

Third, the legend is even more interesting. It is generally believed that mahjong was invented by Zheng He, and the story and moral of this may as well be used as a talking point.

In 1405 ~ 1433 A.D., the 28 years of the Ming Dynasty, Zheng He, the eunuch of Sanbao, was ordered to lead a fleet to the Western Ocean seven times, traveling more than 100,000 miles, and was known as "Zheng He went to the Western Ocean seven times".

At that time, the fleet was sailing on the sea, and it was inevitable that the life of the sailors would be boring for many years. How do you live?

Therefore, Zheng He designed a game called "bamboo cards" to pass the free time of the sailors.

At that time, the boat was powered by the wind, and what kind of wind blew became the most concerned thing for those who went to sea, so the bamboo brand began with the "east, south, west, and north" wind.

I don't know how many people know that old-fashioned mahjong attaches great importance to the "wind" card, and the seat is to use the four winds to "pull the bank". One wind and one circle, after four rounds, you have to "pull" again. Limited to four circles, it also takes the auspicious meaning of "wind from all sides".

With the wind, you can sail the boat, and the sail and the sail need ropes, and the anchor and anchor tie need cables, so there are one to nine "ropes" in the bamboo brand. The large rope or chain is called a "rope", so it is called a cable. Nowadays we generally call it "strips", which is the intuitive image name.

In addition, the water source for sailing at sea is fresh water, and the sailors fill many wooden barrels or bamboo tubes with water and store them in the cabin one by one before sailing, so there are 1 to 9 "tubes" in the card.

Zheng He led the sailors to sea, that was the official faction, the man went to sea, and the wife and children at home did it yesterday? Moreover, when you go overseas, you can't lose the "Da Ming prestige" grid, and the sailors always have to have a few money after going ashore for drinking, eating, and shopping, so the royal family allocated tens of thousands of copper coins to each ship, and distributed them to the sailors, and naturally there is the word "10,000" in the card.

In addition, the royal family has a big business, and the sailors have money in their hands, so they may as well buy some exotic curiosities and do some small business. When shopping, you can choose "in", you can "make a fortune", not "in" you may wash "white", so there are "in, hair, white" three cards.

Also, sailors often do not remember the date, only distinguish the seasonal changes of cold and summer, so the bamboo card has added "spring, summer, autumn and winter" four flower cards.

Does this kind of speech sound more legendary and flavorful?

The fourth theory about the origin of mahjong is also very interesting. According to legend, in the Ming Dynasty, there was a man named Wan Bingji. This person was inspired by the one hundred and eight generals in "Water Margin".

Mahjong is based on 108 pieces, which are metaphors for 108 heroes.

For example, nine of the cards are known as "nine dragons" Shi Jin, two are called "double whips" Hu Yanzhuo, and one cake is called "black whirlwind" Li Kui. As for why it is divided into three categories: Wan, Cake, and Strip, it is a homonym for Wan Bingzhen's own name. Each class has 4 cards from one to nine, exactly 108 cards.

Isn't that interesting?

The 108 are gathered in Liangshan from all directions, so add four cards to each of the east, west, south, north, and middle directions, making a total of 20 cards. These heroes come from all walks of life, rich and poor, so with the addition of "hair" and "white" metaphors for rich and poor, plus eight cards, a total of 136 cards. Later, various flower cards were added, and the whole deck of cards totaled 144 cards.

It's fun to say that.

However, these are legends, and as for the name of mahjong, where it comes from, there is no verifiability. Whether the "will" in this mahjong is related to the "will" of the one hundred and eight generals of the Water Margin can only be imagined.

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These are also what the current Jiajing Emperor saw on the Internet when he started learning mahjong in his previous life.

"Chicken!"

Concubine Wen Jing played a mahjong, with a pitiful look: "Shengshang, the concubine has listened to the cards (called down), or you can order the concubine's cannon, the concubine has never won before." ”

Many popular words in mahjong were also taught by Emperor Jiajing.