From a son-in-law to a favorite of the empress

The history of this world is quite special. At the beginning, it was still the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors. When did it become different from the previous life? The Western Jin Dynasty fell, and Liu Han rose again and rebuilt the Han Dynasty.

Then several dynasties passed before we reached the present Jin Dynasty.

But this Jin Dynasty is not the other Jin Dynasty, and there is no relationship at all.

This also laid the historical foundation for Zhou Yuan to start his career by writing books.

There are many ways to make money. With Zhou Yuan's understanding of ancient commercial economy and modern marketing economy, he can even become the richest man in the world.

But in this era, if you want to really gain a foothold, you need fame and power, and money is only an auxiliary means.

So this determines his career path, and he will not be a pure businessman.

Starting from writing books is the best thing.

With the development of the economy in the Jiangnan region, the budding of capitalism began, and people's living standards improved, and then spiritual needs burst out.

In recent decades, novels and operas have become a way of entertainment that people talk about with relish. Various legendary stories have been put on the stage, and the industry of storytellers has also become popular.

Various engraving houses print a large number of books, at least the literate class has a huge demand for novels.

The key is that many failed scholars make a living from this, and even if they write books and spread them out, it is not shameful, it will not affect their future career development, and they may leave a good reputation among the scholars.

All of this is actually very important and is closely related to future encounters.

When he was in Baiyun Temple, Zhou Yuan thought everything through, and writing books to establish a career is the most suitable way at present.

What book to write? There are many famous novels in ancient times, including the Four Great Classics, Three Words and Two Shots, and a series of operas, such as "The Injustice of Dou E", "The Story of the West Chamber", "The Peony Pavilion", etc.

But the most suitable one for plagiarism is "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms".

Although the writing level of this book is average, it wins in the ups and downs, has its own style, and the core of the story is in line with the spirit of the times.

You can't make a "Water Margin", it is estimated that you will be invited to drink tea by your father-in-law halfway through writing it.

The Three Kingdoms is a romantic epic for men, and the same is true for the world. There are many stories circulating, but none of them have formed a system.

Zhou Yuan will do this system himself!

After returning home, he couldn't sleep anyway, so he lit a candle and started writing.

"The rolling Yangtze River flows eastward, the waves wash away heroes, and the right and wrong, success and failure are all in vain."

Taking Yang Shen's "Linjiangxian" as the preface, he wrote these words engraved in the depths of his memory. He worked for two hours in one breath until his hands were sore, and then Zhou Yuan finally stopped writing.

He had to sigh that this efficiency was really low!

It took four hours to finish two chapters. If he wrote at this rate, God knows when he would be able to finish it.

But he was not in a hurry. If he handled this kind of thing too hastily, it would be easy to make mistakes. Besides, he had to think about how to deal with the bastards in Fengming Tower.

He got angry when he thought of this. Let my Ningyue be a concubine, damn, do you really think I, Zhou Yuan, am a loser!

Turning anger into strength, he wrote in one breath until dawn.

After putting the text away, he fell into a deep sleep.

It was not until noon that he woke up, had lunch, and continued to work.

After working for two consecutive days, Zhou Yuan's hands were almost broken, and he finally finished the twelfth chapter.

From "The Three Brothers of Peach Garden" to "Cao Mengde vs. Lu Bu", it's enough!

When he opened the door, the sky was full of stars.

The summer night was full of moon, silver light was all over the ground, grass insects were chirping, and frogs were croaking.

The daytime was the world of people, and the night seemed to be a paradise for insects, birds and animals.

Zhou Yuan was in a very good mood, so he walked towards the garden to get some fresh air and relax.

But as he walked, he heard a quarrel under the pavilion in the distance.

He strode over and saw Zhao Jianjia sitting on a stone bench, crying with her head in her hands, while his father-in-law stood with his hands behind his back, looking worried.

"What's wrong? You're still awake at night."

Zhou Yuan smiled and bowed, "Hello, father-in-law."

Zhao Cheng looked better and sighed, "Yuan'er is here, please sit down. I just came back from the government office and I'm a bit busy recently."

Zhao Jianjia also wiped her tears and stood aside in a huff, not saying anything.

Zhou Yuan said, "What are you arguing about?"

Zhao Jianjia snorted and ignored him.

But Zhao Cheng said in a deep voice: "It's because of this girl. She is too willful and wants me to interfere in the affairs of the Xue family."

"This is a private matter between two families. Even if I am a judge, how can I interfere? Although I sympathize with Xue girl's experience, there is no room for maneuver in this matter."

Zhou Yuan nodded and said: "Yes, the two families have reached a consensus. How can outsiders interfere? Jianjia, it's not that your father-in-law doesn't want to help, but he has no place to use his strength. You can go back to your room and sleep!"

Zhou Yuan has already made up his mind about this matter. He doesn't want to have otherHe came in with external forces, disrupting his plan.

But Zhao Jianjia was angry when she heard this: "Zhou Yuan, Ningyue is so good to you, how can you say such a thing?"

"During the poetry meeting outing, she ignored other people's eyes and ran all the way to see you off. Have you forgotten this affection?"

"Now she is being betrayed by her family and married to someone else as a concubine. How can we watch her jump into the fire pit?"

Speaking of this, her tears flowed again, and she trembled and said: "You don't know that when I went to see Ningyue today, she was so sick that I was afraid that her body could not hold on."

Zhou Yuan said: "Everyone has his own destiny, and we can't do anything about it , I can't let my father-in-law issue an order not to let them get married!"

"Zhou Yuan!"

Zhao Jianjia said loudly: "I know there is no room for maneuver in this matter, but you...you are too heartless to say this?"

"These few days since I came back, you have been in the room, sleeping until noon and getting up, and I don't know what you did in the afternoon."

"At the age of 18, you don't know how to plan a future for yourself. Now you say such sarcastic words. Are you going to piss me off to death!"

This is probably the kind of powerless indignation that the wife of a poor family feels after seeing her husband messing around.

Zhou Yuan didn't blame her, but just smiled and said: "Okay, go to bed quickly, why are you angry at night."

Zhao Cheng frowned and said: "You should first deal with your own marriage, and then care about other people's affairs. You have been married for so long, but you haven't slept together yet, what are you making a fuss about!"

Okay, this time Zhao Jianjia was involved again.

Zhao Jianjia felt wronged, but she felt wronged mainly for Xue Ningyue.

She opened her mouth and said bitterly: "Zhou Yuan, Ningyue misjudged you."

After she finished speaking, she covered her face and left.

Zhao Cheng looked at her back and couldn't help sighing, saying with emotion: "After all, she is a child who grew up in a boudoir. She is usually quiet and gentle, but when encountering critical things, she is inevitably impatient and willful."

"Yuan'er, Jianjia is your wife after all. You still have to guide her more and let her mature as soon as possible, otherwise you will be the one who suffers."

Zhou Yuan was shocked. Why did my father-in-law tell me about the art of controlling his wife?

He laughed dryly and said, "Jianjia loves her friend. This is kindness. There is nothing to blame."

Zhao Cheng shook his head and said, "Kindness is of course a good quality, but mature people should find a place for kindness instead of losing their temper."

"I know my daughter. She is a good girl, but she is indeed a little willful. You have to teach her more. This will be good for you."

He laughed and said, "Your mother-in-law was even more unruly back then. Just because I went to a brothel, she wanted to hang herself, but I taught her back slowly."

"If a man can't even handle the affairs of his family in the world, how can he handle other things?"

Why do I always feel that my father-in-law is hinting at me?

To be honest, Zhou Yuan really couldn't see through the middle-aged man in front of him. Although he had just entered the officialdom, he seemed to have mature political wisdom.

"Let's not talk about this. Do you have any plans for the Xue family?"

Zhao Cheng's words made Zhou Yuan stunned.

How come my father-in-law knows everything!

Except for Cai Ni, no one knows that I am intervening in this matter!