Women's clothing in the Ming Dynasty

Three years later, Beijing City.

It was September, and although the leaves were slightly yellowing, the sun was still shining brightly, probably because the melons and fruits on both sides of the streets in the city were ripe, and there was a faint sweet smell in the air.

And in this sweet atmosphere, Yang Shen finally set foot on his homeland.Although he is from Xindu, Sichuan, he grew up in Beijing since he was a child, and he is so familiar with everything in Beijing...

"What is this? How can a person ride it and move by itself?" Yang Shen pointed forward with a look of surprise.Well, he takes back what he said before, he has been away from Beijing for 12 years, and now the city of Beijing is quite different from before.

"Hey! My lord, look carefully. This thing doesn't move by itself. It has pedals underneath! This thing was built by the big men of the Tiangong Bureau half a year ago. The emperor named it 'bicycle'. Now many young people like to ride it. "The old man next to him smiled and introduced him. His name was Uncle Liang. In the early years, he worked in a millet store in central Beijing, but now he is a temporary worker for the government.

Nowadays, Shuntian Prefecture and the surrounding area can be said to be changing with each passing day. New technologies are applied to people's livelihood, but the transportation and communication are very underdeveloped, which makes it difficult to spread.

Considering that many officials from other places like Yang Shen came to Beijing to appraise their duties, they were at a loss in the face of the changes in Beijing.In order to provide them with convenience, some locals in central Beijing were specially hired to be on call at the station all day.

Uncle Liang was lucky enough to be selected. This job is much more comfortable than working in the rice shop, but it is just a matter of walking around with the officials and gentlemen, and you can get money.If he meets a generous person, he will still give a reward on weekdays, and he intends to continue doing so for the rest of his life.

Yang Shen himself was very curious, hearing what the other party said, he wished he could get out of the car and study it.However, considering that the main task now is to enter the city, it is better to let it go for a while, and it will not be able to escape anyway.

He had planned to leave Beijing for 12 years. He originally thought that he would die of old age in Haojing if he would never come back for the rest of his life. Unexpectedly, he was lucky and encountered a crime from the Franji people.

Those red-haired and green-eyed ghosts began to bribe senior officials in Guangdong under the pretext of "drying flooded goods on the ground" and were allowed to live temporarily in Haojing Peninsula.Later, the Ming Dynasty lifted the sea ban, and the sea power became stronger every year, and Franji couldn't sit still.They also knew that the Ming Dynasty had a vast territory, and that the Haojing sky was high and the emperor was far away, and basically no one cared about it, so they described the annual bribes as "land rent silver" paid to the imperial court, and lingered on the Haojing circle.

Yang Shen, the magistrate of Haojing County, was furious after witnessing this incident. You must know that the money is paid by the chief envoy to the state treasury to be called rent. If you give a gift to the corrupt officials, the territory of Ming Dynasty will be yours? !

So he reported to the court and asked for a fight.This matter is not big or small, but it happened that Qi Jiguang was worried that his navy had no place to train troops, so he also asked to join the war.Although Jiajing hated Yang Shen, he could still distinguish between primary and secondary, so he agreed to the Qi family army to fight, and finally won a complete victory.

Afterwards, Yang Shen referred to other places and set up a customs office in Haojing to levy taxes on merchant ships, and a meeting booth to read orders to Portuguese Yimu and discuss government affairs with the two sides.He also asked the court to build an army.

Slowly, Haojing became a well-known and prosperous place in the south. Ships from many countries moored here, and a lot of tertiary industries were developed.

No one can deny that Yang Shen has contributed the most to Haojing becoming like this. In accordance with the principle of fairness and justice, Yang Shen is placed at the top every year when the Ministry of Officials evaluates the best, which means that Master Yang can be promoted!

The cabinet naturally agreed, and in the end the emperor was so annoyed that he pinched his nose and let Yang Shen go to Beijing.

Today's capital has been expanded again, and the twelve city gates have become fifteen, but there are still many people queuing up to enter the city every day.Sitting in the carriage, Yang Shen felt that everything outside was so novel, so he looked out frequently.

Huang E looked at her husband with a funny face, and she still had the same temper as before after all these years, "If you want to watch it, just follow along." She comforted a couple of children, only thinking that she had three children.

With his wife's approval, Yang Shen couldn't wait to jump out of the car and walk with Uncle Liang.After a long time, it was finally their turn to enter the city.

The guard carefully checked Yang Shen's documents, and after confirming that they were correct, he smiled at Uncle Liang, "Isn't this our No.

"Hey, I'm so busy that I can't stay idle." Uncle Liang responded with a smile, without denying the words "Dad of the First Scholar".

When the group entered the city, Yang Shen asked curiously: "Your son is the number one scholar? What year? Maybe I still know each other?"

Uncle Liang shook his head: "No, no, my brat can't compare to your serious champion, and my son is a 'reasonable champion'."

Yang Shen is confused, he knows what is Wen Zhuangyuan, Wu Zhuangyuan, and Li Zhuangyuan?Is your surname Li?

"This was all proposed by Master Xia Yan from the Tiangong Bureau," Uncle Liang explained little by little: "Master Xia said that the Tiangong Bureau needs manpower, so he organized people to compile a lot of teaching materials on that aspect. Passing the exam can Entering the Tiangong Bureau. My son was the number one in the previous session. Hey, I originally wanted him to study more and take the imperial examination, but it turned out that this kid insisted on entering the Tiangong Bureau."

Although he was complaining, his face was full of pride. After all, the salary of the Tiangong Bureau is notoriously high. If you really make some achievements, the reward from the court is enough for a lifetime. Compared with the illusory imperial examination, this number one scholar feels A little more affordable.

If it was Yang Shen in the past, he would definitely not take it seriously.But he has been in Haojing for 12 years, and he has seen the impact of these "extraordinary skills" on the lives of ordinary people. He naturally understands how important this "technology" is, so he congratulates Liang Bo repeatedly.

Uncle Liang declined with a smile while continuing to introduce Beijing City to him.Today's buildings in Beijing are roughly divided into two schools. The inner city of the imperial city still continues the traditional style, while the outer city and the new outer city that has just been repaired may have absorbed the influence of coastal trade in recent years, and many of them have absorbed other countries. The style is extremely shocking.

"With cement, it is much cheaper for us ordinary people to repair houses than before. I heard that Mr. Yang came from Haojing. Did the people of Haojing use cement?" Uncle Liang was a little curious.

Yang Shen smiled and said: "It was used, but it was much later than in the capital. At first, the common people didn't like it, thinking that it didn't dissipate heat. It was only later that we found out that it was good. At that time, our officials helped every family to build houses together." He faced With a look of reminiscence, it wasn't long before he left Haojing, and he already missed him a little.

"That's good, that's good." Uncle Liang rejoiced, and suddenly there was a commotion in front of him, which seemed to be two groups of people arguing.

Yang Shen stepped forward to check curiously, only to see a scholar riding a bicycle collided with a carriage, both sides seemed to think it was the other's fault, and blamed each other there.

Uncle Liang curled his lips: "Hey, here we go again. How many times has this happened recently?" Then he explained to Yang Shen that although the output of this bicycle is not bad and the cost is not high, in the eyes of traditional people, riding After all, a little indecent.In particular, there are still many ladies and wives of Jingzhong who go out for a ride in the suburbs, which really makes a group of old Confucian scholars lament the decline of the world.

But not everyone thinks like them, at least among young scholars, this thing is still quite popular, and many students ride it to and from school.The problem is that the roads in Beijing are only so wide. Originally, carriages would go in the middle and pedestrians would stand on both sides. It was well planned.Now that there are so many bicycles, it is quite crowded for a while.

And the old-school people are even more dissatisfied with this, and even compete with themselves for the position? !So we can often see this kind of scene on the street, where bicycles and carriages compete with each other and do not give in to each other.

Yang Shen shook his head: "If this is the case, those aristocratic families are wrong. This is a convenience for the people, so there should be no prejudice."

"Isn't that right! Xiaomin's son rides this every day, which saves a lot of time every day!" Uncle Liang nodded in agreement, thinking that although this official is not from the capital, he has a broad mind and is completely different from ordinary adults with upturned nostrils. !He deserves to be promoted!

"Would the court not care if something like this happened?"

"Hey, Mr. Li Ge once posted an article before, saying that this is an inevitable stage in the development of new things, and time will tell everything. However, it is suggested to re-establish a yamen for pedestrian traffic. I heard that it will recruit people soon. Uncle Liang explained, and then introduced: "Speaking of this old Li Ge, he is really a good official. Even the new outer city is now built by him. If you came a while ago, my lord, Beijing But it was unbearable."

Yang Shen showed great interest: "Is it Mr. Li Chengfeng? I once met General Qi Jiguang Qi. He respected this Shangguan very much. He said that he is a rare talent once in a hundred years. I really want to ask for advice." Some time."

"That's not easy. Mr. Zuo Yang, you have returned to Beijing. I heard that Mr. Li Ge has a gentle temper and is very polite to his subordinates and colleagues. You should just pay a visit."

...That's not necessarily true, I'm afraid he won't want to see me because he's worried about getting involved.Yang Shen murmured in his heart, as early as when he was in Haojing, he had heard that no one from the emperor would come from Haojing and would always ask how Yang Shen was doing.As long as he hears that he is not doing well, he will feel at ease.In order to make the emperor happy, the officials tried their best to arrange a lot of Yang Shen.As far as he heard, because he couldn't stand the sea breeze, his hair fell out, he had been infertile with his wife for so many years, and he didn't even have any clothes, so he had to wear a grass skirt every day...

While being dumbfounded, Yang Shen was agitated, and he wanted to show Jiajing a life of his own!So he, who was a little depressed, became full of fighting spirit. Not only did he have outstanding political achievements, he also wrote books and biographies, and he also made great achievements in learning.Especially when I heard that the emperor is an old leftover man, he can't bear other people's children by himself, and when he looks at his wife and two lovely children at home, a unique sense of superiority that is also a male creature arises spontaneously.

Just as Yang Shen was brainstorming, a puff of black smoke suddenly rose from the sky outside the city.Can vaguely see many people flocking to that side.

"What's the matter?" Yang Shen was surprised, feeling that his brain would not be enough for a day.

Uncle Liang frowned: "It is estimated that the Laoshizi steam locomotive has started to move again, and these ignorant people swarmed to join in the fun."

Yang Shen noticed the dissatisfaction in his tone, and asked again: "I've heard of steam engines, and I heard that they can be used in weaving. The spun cloth is fast and good. How come there are still cars?"

"This is different from that one. The textile machine is a good thing. It was developed by folk craftsmen. Xiaomin took a look at it from a distance at the time. Good guy, it's just a big iron lump. There are people adding coal all the time behind it, and it moves slowly. It's stupid and irritating, and the most annoying thing is that it has to build roads for this thing alone. I think that craftsman is afraid of cheating the imperial government for subsidies!" Uncle Liang was indignant, even though he called himself a "new school" There are also great opinions on steam locomotives.

Yang Shen was quite interested, but seeing his disgusted look, he didn't ask further questions for the time being.

Naturally, it was impossible to visit the entire capital in just one day, but it had already opened the eyes of Yang Shen and his family.In the end, even the wife and children couldn't sit still, so they got out of the car and listened to Uncle Liang's explanation together.Uncle Liang felt complacent under the adoring eyes of his children, and his mouth was dry all day long, but the reward in the end was very generous.Yang Shen has been the number one princeling of Ming Dynasty for so many years, and he is an official in a place as rich as Haojing, so it is not an exaggeration to say that he has a lot of money.

Back at the posthouse at night, the two children who had been crazy all day fell asleep, and Yang Shen sat by the window and fell into deep thought.

Huang E stepped forward to put a piece of clothing on him, and asked, "What is Mr. Xiang thinking?"

Yang Shen woke up with a start, and replied solemnly: "My lady, I've changed my mind!"

"Huh?" Huang E was puzzled.

"Originally I thought, let's forget it like this. I have everything I should have in this life. From now on, I will follow the trend and follow the arrangement of the court to let me go anywhere. But today I am very relieved to see the lives of the people in Beijing. Everyone is living a happy life. It’s very good. But in this way, people need to defend all these things. I have seen a lot of injustices along the way to Beijing. I want to do my best for Daming like my father!” Yang Shen said so impassionedly, even soaring two drops tears.

Huang E: "...".She didn't remember that her father-in-law was so selfless, but her father had to take care of it, so she encouraged: "I am also very honored that my father-in-law has this ambition. Don't worry, my father-in-law has me in everything in the family."

Then he asked casually, "So what are you going to do?"

Yang Shen was full of confidence: "I'll just write the booklet and point it out to the emperor. If he doesn't listen, I'll keep writing. Before, the newspapers came to me for a manuscript, but I refused because it was troublesome. This time It’s got to be multi-pronged.”

"...This, that's it, then Mr., please do your best and pay attention to your body." What else can Huang E say, she can only light the wax for Jiajing silently in her heart.

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