In the far northeast, another Tsarist "army" came.

This time, it was not the Cossacks who came, but the real Tsarist nobles, who led the Russian regular army.

The reason was that the tsarist government received news from the Far East, the Manchu dynasty was shaken, and the monarchs and ministers were excited, and decided to completely conquer the rich Heilongjiang.

The specific plan was as follows: Duke Lobanov Rostovsky led an army of 3,000 to bring the entire Heilongjiang valley into the territory of Tsarist Russia. He also ordered the Tsarist forces in Siberia to build 100 river warships within two years. Then he sent the aristocratic general Zinoviev, who led 150 regular troops as the vanguard, to Heilongjiang to raise rations for the 3,000 expeditionary force and obtain more military information about Heilongjiang.

At the time of the freezing of the Yangtze River, the 3,000-man Russian expeditionary force had not yet set off, but the vanguard of 150 people had already arrived on the shores of Lake Baikal.

The march did not continue, first, the weather was too cold to walk, and second, I heard that Khabarov was "defeated and died".

At this time, the Russian forces had built three castles on the shores of Lake Baikal. To the east of Lake Baikal, two castles were built along the river. The territory of the Buryat Mongols was encroached on to a small extent, and many herdsmen were taken as lackeys.

In order to complete the military mission, the aristocratic general of Tsarist Russia, Zinoviev, also coveted the wealth of Heilongjiang, and while he did not dare to continue eastward, he began to spread rumors that Heilongjiang was full of gold and grain.

The nearby Cossacks were soon moved, and people kept finding Zinoviev, hoping to follow him to Heilongjiang to make a fortune.

Before the end of winter, Zinoviev's forces had already skyrocketed. In addition to the 150 people brought from Moscow, there were 207 Cossacks recruited from Lake Baikal, as well as more than 400 native Siberian hunters.

These guys, planning to come to the banks of Heilongjiang to plunder after the snow melts.

Nanjing, of course, did not know such trivial matters, and on the one hand, it was immersed in the joy of the great victory in the grassland, and on the other hand, it began to prepare for the examination in two months.

The second session of the Datong Imperial Court is about to be held!

Some students from other provinces couldn't even wait to celebrate the New Year at home, so they came to Nanjing early to stay.

Just after the winter solstice, a family came to Nanjing.

The middle-aged man's name is Qi Biaojia, who committed suicide and martyrdom in history, and now does business in Shanyin County, and is the largest book collector in Shanyin County. His wife's name is Shang Jinglan, the daughter of Shang Zuo, the secretary of the military department in the late Ming Dynasty, and she also has the identity of a female leader in the Jiangnan literary circle.

Their second son, Qi Bansun, and third daughter, Qi Deqiong, have obtained their college diplomas one after another, and they will only take the examination together after the beginning of spring. In addition, Qi Bansun's fiancée Zhu Derong also came to participate in the imperial examination this time. Originally, they had already reached the age of marriage, but the young couple had a private agreement to get married after taking the Jinshi exam together.

In the second imperial examination of the Datong New Dynasty, there are finally female candidates, and there is more than one!

The family landed at the Nanjing wharf, and the eldest son had already gone out to be an official, so he did not come to accompany the exam. But Qi Biaojia's sister-in-law came, this woman's name is Shang Jinghui, and she is also a famous talented woman in Jiangnan.

When the ancient children's enlightenment book "Kindergarten Qionglin" was recompiled in the Qing Dynasty, the following sentences were added: "Boshang Zhongshang, then called Yuexiu; Derong Dehui, reflecting the Qi family. ”

The "Qi family" is Qi Biaojia's family, the "Bo Shang" is his wife Shang Jinglan, the "Zhong Shang" is his sister-in-law Shang Jinghui, the "Derong" is his youngest daughter-in-law Zhu Derong, and the "Dehui" is his eldest daughter-in-law Zhang Dehui.

The wind and snow have stopped, but the snow is heavy on the wharf, and temporary cleaners hired by the government have come to clear the snow just after dawn.

"Do you want to enter the city?" Several sedan chair drivers who carried the sliding rod rushed over to collect work.

The palanquin bearers are wearing torn cotton jackets, and there are new cotton jackets, but they have to be kept for the New Year. They wore dogskin hats and ear protectors, but one face was red from the cold, and they rubbed their hands together in front of their mouths, and their feet were beating in place so as not to freeze.

In fact, after a little further walking, you can rent horse-drawn carriages and ox carts, and the carriages can withstand the cold wind.

But Qi Biaojia saw that these palanquin men were pitiful, so he said: "Find an inn to live in, I have a female dependent here, and I want that kind of clean inn." ”

"Haole, please get on the sedan chair!"

The sedan chair drivers were overjoyed, and a few pairs of sliding rods were swinged, carrying the Qi family into the city steadily.

The government stipulates that sedan chair drivers engaged in taxi business are not allowed to use sedan chairs with compartments, and are only allowed to use simple sliding rods. The sedan chair occupies too much space, and a whole row is parked there waiting for work, which is easy to block the traffic. The sliding rod is much more convenient and can be erected against the wall without taking up too wide a road surface.

After walking forward for a while, Qi Biaojia suddenly said: "You have to be close to the inn of the Gongyuan." ”

The palanquin man asked, "Is the guest sending Ling Gongzi to the imperial examination?" Then you have arrived, and a few days later, after the Chinese New Year, the inns near the Gongyuan will be full. The palanquin man opened his throat again and shouted to his companion, "Go to the Gongyuan Inn!" ”

There is still snow on the road that has not been swept away, and the sedan drivers dare not run too fast, and introduce the street situation to passengers along the way, which is equivalent to playing the role of a guest tour guide by the way.

Walking to a street, Shang Jinglan suddenly said, "How can there be a Fan Tower here?" ”

The sedan chair man smiled: "So that Mrs. knows that this place used to be called Chunfeng Building, and it was brought down by Master Jiujiang Lou (the queen's uncle)." The business was not good when it first opened, and I don't know who came up with the idea, so I changed the name to Fan Lou, and suddenly there were many scholars who came to eat and drink. ”

"It's business." Shang Jinglan couldn't help laughing.

Bypassing the Forbidden City, everyone came to the vicinity of the Gongyuan, and the palanquin drivers helped choose the best inn.

Before they could walk in and open the room, another pair of sliding rods came over and stopped: "Madam, it's here." ”

"There is labor!"

It was a single woman, about twenty-seven or eighteen years old. He was dressed in a fur coat, a cape, a long sword hanging from his waist, and a pair of bags hanging on his back.

Dressed up like this, it's eye-catching.

Seeing that the woman had also entered the inn, Shang Jinglan clasped her fists and said: "The contemptible person's surname is Shang, the name is Jinglan, and the word is Meisheng." I don't know the name of my brother? ”

The woman was stunned for a moment, and bowed her hand in return: "Little brother Liu Shuying, the word wooden screen, the number is a mountain, the female brother is polite." ”

When Shang Jinghui heard this, he also came over: "It turned out to be Liu Geshan in Jiangxi, and he has admired his name for a long time!" ”

Zhao Han put forward the "grid theory", but it was not without any impact, and many ladies and famous prostitutes in Qinglou began to shout about women's rights. The content of their feminist ideas is roughly as follows: women can also take the imperial examination, women can also be officials, women can also work, and women can also write books and speak.

These women, who claim to be independent, call each other "female brother" and "female brother".

Shang Jinglan asked, "Why did a virtuous brother come to Nanjing alone?" ”

Liu Shuying replied: "I was bored living in Jiangxi, and I came to Nanjing to take the female official examination in the palace. After the imperial examination is over, the female official examination will be held in this tribute court. ”

Shang Jinghui was surprised: "The virtuous brother is famous, and he actually wants to take the female officer exam?" ”

"Fame is just a burden." Liu Shuying smiled miserably.

Liu Shuying's father, who was formerly the prefect of Yangzhou, was persecuted to death by the eunuchs. Historically, she was widowed at the age of eighteen, although she was not a widow, but not long after she got married, her husband fell ill and died.

When the Qing army went south, Liu Shuying scattered all her family wealth and gathered more than 1,000 troops to serve the country. She led her troops out of Jiangxi to try to rescue the small court of the Southern Ming Dynasty, and met He Tengjiao's general Zhang Xianbi on the way. Zhang Xianbi was greedy for her beauty, so she forced Liu Shuying to be a concubine, but Liu Shuying did not obey and was arrested and imprisoned by Zhang Xianbi. This matter made a big fuss, Zhang Xianbi could only let Liu Shuying go, but Liu Shuying's troops were annexed.

The Qing army was killed in Jiangxi, and Liu Shuying fled to Hunan with her mother, and later became a nun.

In this time and space, Liu Shuying was also widowed early. When the Datong Army occupied Anfu County, many officers admired her talent, and the matchmaker broke the threshold of her house.

But this widow, who has been familiar with military books since she was a child and dared to recruit soldiers to resist the Qing Dynasty, has to be widowed by her deceased husband. She worked as a teacher in Anfu County Middle School, often published articles in newspapers, and her fame even spread to the south of the Yangtze River.

But it's a sin!

Although her husband's family and her mother's land were divided by the government, they left a lot of silver at both ends. There is only one mother left in her mother's family, and her husband's family has a little brother-in-law. The little uncle conspired with the clansmen, saying that she did not teach in the girls' school, but had to teach in the county middle school, mingled with male teachers and male students all day long, and often participated in literary meetings to hook up with prodigal talents.

It's nothing more than that the little uncle has a bad idea, wants to make her reputation stink, and force her to hand over the silver in his hand!

Liu Shuying did not give in, but she really couldn't live in Anfu County. So he entrusted his mother to the care of relatives, and deposited silver in Datong Bank, so that relatives could go to the bank every month to withdraw money. and donated half of the silver taels in his hand to the Anfu County Yaxing to repair water conservancy, which is equivalent to asking the county officials to take care of his mother. She left Jiangxi alone and came to Nanjing to take the female officer exam, and she felt that female officials would definitely not be discriminated against.

After staying at the inn, the two sisters, Shang Jinglan and Shang Jinghui, went to Liu Shuying's room to visit the door.

Liu Shuying was wiping the sword, and Shang Jinghui saw it and praised: "Brother Xian is really a heroine among women!" ”

Liu Shuying was a little embarrassed, hugged her fists and said: "My brother praised it falsely, although the younger brother has practiced martial arts since he was a child, he is all fake tricks, and he can only bluff the disciples in the city." If you really fight with a knife and a real gun, I am afraid that the Datong peasant soldiers in the countryside can also poke the younger brother to death with one shot. ”

Shang Jinglan persuaded: "When the virtuous brother left Jiangxi, he must have suffered from the guilt. They are all rotten fools who look down on women like us, how do they know the true meaning of the personality theory? Women are born in the world, and it is their duty to teach their husbands and children. But except for the husband and children, can't he show his face? I heard that the atmosphere in Nanjing is much more open than in the countryside, and if you learn from the reputation of a virtuous brother, you will definitely be able to make a living in Nanjing. When the time comes, find a good man with a like-minded person to marry, why go to the Forbidden City to be a female official? Once you enter the Forbidden City, you can no longer be free. ”

Liu Shuying said: "The Forbidden City recruits female officials every year, and it can be speculated that every year there are female officials who go home. When the Son of Heaven is a pilgrim and allows female officials and palace maids to resign, if the younger brother is not happy, it is not too late to resign and leave the palace at that time. ”

"It's a pity that the literary world has lost another female general!" Shang Jinglan sighed.

Liu Shuying said with a smile: "Poetry and articles, stop the small way, I am not here." Being able to assist the Holy Monarch in governing the world is my true ambition. Two elder brothers, I believe that one day, women in the world will be able to help the people and fight on the battlefield like men! I didn't understand this kind of truth before, but in recent years, I have flipped through the "Datong Collection" to truly understand the meaning of His Majesty today! ”

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