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For this wife's birthday banquet, Commander Yu invited prominent figures from the entire prefecture and county.

It wasn't Madam Yu's birthday either, so the reason for doing this was to tell Yu's family that they had passed through the imperial censor's Qing army and were not punished by the court.

Doing so was also a deterrent to Yu's enemies, telling them that Yu's hands were free.

For this birthday banquet, Commander Yu came to the door in person, invited the two elders of Fangzhifu and Baizhi County, and all the officials of the prefecture and county, and sent invitations to all the big shots in Nanping City, which can be said to be quite important.

Commander Yu's wife was ordered by the imperial court, and Fang Zhifu and Baizhi County could only attend.

The Huang family is a big family in the Yanping Mansion, so they were naturally among those invited. Huang Shixing came to visit with gifts and wished Commander Yu's wife a birthday.

The Huang family has been farming and studying for generations. Since the Song Dynasty, it has taken root in Yanping Mansion, and its blood has been continuous. Even in the Yuan Dynasty, the family education has never been broken.

After the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, the Huang family also produced three Jinshi, and there were countless others.

Naturally, Huang Shixing didn't think highly of a family of generals like the Yu family.

Huang Shixing came to the house to celebrate his birthday. Apart from maintaining the family relationship, the other purpose was to listen to the opera.

Not only Huang Shixing was unwilling to come to Yu's house, but other prominent scholars in the city were also unwilling to come.

The Yu family's reputation is notorious. If the reputation of a flattering general is lost, it is the Yu family who has a tradition of "mother kindness and filial piety". Wouldn't that be a stain on yourself?

Originally, these families were unwilling to send people to celebrate their birthdays, but Yu Zongyuan's promotion of the new drama at the Yu family's birthday banquet these days successfully attracted the attention of these families.

Su Ze's new drama?

The Su Ze who wrote "Du Shiniang"?

"Du Shiniang" is so famous in Yanping Mansion that even scholars in Fuzhou Mansion invited Mr. Tuohu to Fuzhou City.

Everyone is naturally looking forward to Su Ze's new play.

Yu Zongyuan stood at the door to know the guest, full of pride in his heart.

If he hadn't invited Su Ze to rehearse the play, Yu's family would have made a fool of himself at this mother's birthday banquet!

Commander Yu also knew his son's merits, so he specially let him know customers in front of the door, which can be regarded as allowing him to make contacts and show his face in front of the nobles of the prefecture and county.

"Master Zhifu is here!"

Fang Zhifu was traveling in a private capacity, so naturally he did not bring an official guard of honor, but the clever doorman quickly recognized the carriage of the Zhifu's family, and immediately announced it loudly.

Commander Yu immediately took the eldest son out from the inner gate, and grandly greeted Fang Zhifu's family.

Fang Ruolan pretended to be a maid, followed behind her mother Li Shi, and helped Li Shi get off the carriage.

This is indeed a commanding and envoy family, but Fang Ruolan frowned. Although she is a woman, she is familiar with the laws and regulations of the dynasty. It is reasonable to say that a commander of this level is not allowed to live apart from the military and guards, but the Yu family has been from several generations ago. He built a big house in the city.

The Yu family's mansion is even more magnificent than the magistrate's yamen, so it's no wonder that the Yu family's reputation is so bad.

However, the bad reputation still does not hinder the power of the family. This time, all the famous families in the prefecture and county were invited by Commander Yu.

Commander Yu brought Fang Zhifu's family into the inner house. For this birthday banquet, the Yu family demolished a row of servants' houses in the back house and built a huge stage. It can be said that Commander Yu spent a lot of money on this birthday banquet Quite a lot.

But some money should be spent, especially at such a critical time, if the money is not spent, there will be messages everywhere in Nanping City, saying that the Yu family has fallen.

This is not just a matter of face, the wolf king cannot show fatigue, otherwise he will face endless challengers.

As soon as Fang Zhifu entered the inner house, Su Ze came to the door with a gift.

"Brother Su!"

Yu Zongyuan greeted him immediately. Yu Zongyuan saluted Su Ze first, and Su Ze paid birthday wishes to Yu's family. Su Ze gave Yu Zongyuan a wooden box made by himself.

Yu Zongyuan only felt that the box was very delicate, and he asked, "Brother Su, what is this?"

From the middle of the Ming Dynasty, the atmosphere of scholars gradually became extravagant, and people would sing salutes when they came to give gifts.

The so-called singing ceremony is to shout out how many things a certain person has given.

The singer shouted: "Changningwei Mr. Su presents a box of crystal white sugar!"

Sugar is expensive, and the news of Changningwei producing high-quality sugar has also spread in Nanping County during this period, so this gift from Su Ze is not bad.

Yu Zongyuan personally led Su Ze into the back house, and naturally a servant served tea and dried fruits.

Su Ze was also moved by the splendor of the commander's mansion. Today, to celebrate the commander's wife's birthday, the stage was tied with red silk.

The tea bowls served by the servants are also cloisonné tea sets. This unique blue glaze technology was developed in the Jingtai period. It was originally a court offering, but it gradually became popular among the people.

Just such a tea set costs several taels of silver, which shows the wealth of Yu's family in Yanping Mansion.

I don't know how much of it was obtained by drinking the blood of soldiers, and how much was smuggled with Japanese pirates.

Su Ze put down the tea bowl in his hand, and suddenly felt that inside and outside the mansion were completely different worlds.

It can be said that there are many wealthy families in the mansion with singing and dancing, and the Yu family spent a lot of money for the birthday banquet.

But outside the mansion, the Japanese pirates are about to invade the southeast, the people are in panic all day long, and bandits are everywhere.

This strange scene of splitting was the same from the Yu Mansion to the entire Ming Dynasty. The rich and the common people seemed to live in two worlds.

At this time, almost all the visitors arrived.

All I saw was the sound of silk and bamboo on the stage, Mrs. Yu was wearing the imperial uniform of imperial court wives, and greeted all the guests in person.

Immediately after the conductor announced the beginning of the birthday banquet, the sound of silk and bamboo gradually became louder, and Sheng Dan Jing Mo Chou began to sing on stage.

Dreaming in the garden is the most exciting part of the 50-fold play of "The Peony Pavilion". Although the Peony Pavilion is also a traditional story of gifted scholars and beautiful ladies, it incorporates the plot of ghosts and gods.

Du Liniang, the daughter of the official family, falls in love with Liu Mengmei, a scholar in her dream, but dies of being hurt, and turns into a soul to find her real lover.

The story of a man and a ghost falling in love, finally coming back to life, and finally being united with Liu Mengmei forever.

In addition to the ups and downs of the plot, Du Liniang is also different from the traditional setting of a lady. She has the courage to pursue love, but in her bones there is a sense of rebellion against traditional etiquette and a spirit of resistance to cruel reality.

This is a masterpiece of romantic drama in the late Ming Dynasty, and can be said to be the pinnacle of drama in the Ming Dynasty.

Dreaming in the Garden is divided into two parts: "Yuyuan" and "Dream", which tells the love story between Du Liniang and Liu Mengmei, which is both true and illusory.

When Zhengdan, who played Du Liniang, sang "Love doesn't know where it started, it goes deep, the living can die, and the dead can live", many female relatives present fell into deep thought.

Young Mu Ai, who doesn't have a young admirer like Du Liniang?

Fang Ruolan followed behind her mother, and when she heard this libretto, she couldn't help being infatuated.

Where is the person who can write such libretto?

Fang Ruolan came with Fang Zhifu, and was arranged in the attic on the second floor facing the stage.

Ordinary guests, such as Su Ze, were arranged in the main hall and garden on the first floor. Fang Ruolan stood beside her mother and looked down, and saw Su Ze in the corner wearing a coarse cloth Confucian shirt.

Fang Ruolan's heart seemed to be grabbed, if she is not a person with deep affection, how could she write such a drama?

I just don't know where Su Ze's love is going, who is this beautiful woman?

On the high pavilion, Mr. Tuohu He Liangjun and his friend Chen Moqun, a scholar of the Yanping Mansion, were also present, and Mr. Tuohu frowned.

He didn't want to come to Yu's family banquet at first, but when he heard that Yu's family was going to stage Su Ze's new play, Mr. Tuohu loved plays like crazy, so he was invited to come.

Among the people present, Mr. Tuohu knew drama best.

Whether it's the story or the libretto, the level of this play is so high that He Liangjun has never seen it before!

The last time I saw Su Ze, that guy even said that he didn't understand drama!

He Liangjun has a feeling of being cheated!

But such a good drama, but the rhyme is not neat, and many parts do not conform to the rules of Nanqu at all!

This makes Mr. Tuohu, who advocates melody, very awkward.

But thinking that Su Ze was only twenty-two years old, He Liangjun frowned, and said to Chen Moqun:

"Young people are awesome! Yanping Mansion is about to produce a famous dramatist!"

Huang Shixing's teeth were about to be gritted, and the newspaper he had lost several hundred taels of silver had been ruined, and now even his hard-core followers were secretly contributing articles to "Surprise".

Although the Huang family has rich financial resources, Huang Shixing is only the most outstanding child of the younger generation, and it is impossible to let him make money like this.

Recently, there have been rumors among the clan that they want to take back the printing shop that Huang Shixing bought, and change it to pirated printing of "Surprise", and then sell it to other prefectures and counties to make money.

Hearing this news, Huang Shixing was so angry that he vomited blood. Today he came to the mansion to celebrate his birthday just to pick a thorn in Su Ze's play.

But after singing "A Dream in the Garden", I am afraid that it will overshadow "Du Shiniang" adapted by Mr. Tuohu.

And anyone can see that this "A Dream in the Garden" is just an excerpt, a part of a whole long play. This excerpt is so wonderful, what kind of masterpiece is the whole play?

Huang Shixing already had a premonition that as soon as this play is completed, it will be the day when Su Ze becomes famous in Fujian!

Huang Shixing looked at Su Ze who was sitting in the corner, and was even more jealous. Seeing his peers become famous was more painful than his printing workshop losing money!

When Youyuan Jingmeng finished singing, the audience was silent, and everyone was immersed in the play for a long time and couldn't extricate themselves.

It wasn't until someone shouted "Yes" that everyone cheered.

The conductor on the head seat made Madam feel that she has lost her face today, first she asked people to reward everyone in the theater troupe, and then asked her son Yu Zongyuan to invite Su Ze. Today's play is for Madam Yu among the ladies of the prefecture and county. The prestige has greatly increased, and this birthday gift is exactly what Yu's family needs most.

It's a pity that the flowers are easy to break. At this moment when the fire is cooking oil, there will always be unsatisfactory things happening, disturbing the commander's wife's birthday banquet.

In the mansion, laughing Yan Yan.

Yu Dayou, who was fighting the Japanese in Ningbo far away, looked depressed at this moment.

After Zhang Jing, who knew the soldiers, became the governor of the seven provinces, he promoted Yu Dayou to be the deputy general and ordered him to rectify the army and horses to fight against the Japanese.

However, since Zhang Jing took office as the governor, he has often been attacked by the court officials. He has not moved for three months in Zhejiang, and he has been attacked by the officials as "supporting the bandits."

By this month, Zhang Jing couldn't stand it anymore. Japanese pirates captured Putuo in Ningbo, and Zhang Jinglian issued a military order to let Yu Dayou lead his troops to attack and regain Putuo.

Yu Dayou knew that the Ming army was short of food and silver, and was scared of being beaten by Japanese pirates before. He hadn't finished the army yet, and Putuo was a mountain city, so it was not easy to attack.

But Zhang Jing was kind to him, and Yu Dayou also knew the situation of the court, so he could only bite the bullet and fight.

Yu Dayou led his army to crusade, and the soldiers attacked halfway up the mountain. The Japanese pirates suddenly opened the city gate and came out.

This Huo Bin is not an ordinary person either, his ancestor Huo Zhen was a Mongol general who surrendered to Ming Dynasty in the year of Hongwu and guarded thousands of households in Yanshan Mountain.

During the Battle of Jingnan, he followed Yan Wang Zhu Di to raise troops to attack Zhending. He rushed first to break through Geng Bingwen's camp and won a big victory.

After Emperor Yongle came to the throne, Huo Zhen was defeated and died in a battle. Emperor Yongle deprived him of his Marquis, and changed Huo's family to Ningbo Guanhaiwei's hereditary Qianhu.

Huo Bin, like Yu Dayou, took part in the martial arts that can only be participated in the world-class military households. Now he serves under Yu Dayou's command, and he is very brave in fighting against the Japanese.

Unexpectedly, he was killed by Japanese pirates in the middle of Putuo Mountain. It is said that Huo Bin vowed not to surrender after being besieged.

Yu Dayou lost his beloved general, but it was too late for him to be sad. The news of his defeat in the Battle of Mount Putuo soon spread to the capital.

The imperial court wanted to discuss crimes against Yu Dayou, and Yan Song's party couldn't wait to remove Zhang Jing, the governor of the seven provinces, and replace them with their own people in charge of the southeast.

The two factions were in dispute, and finally Emperor Jiajing made a decision to remove Yu Dayou from the hereditary military post, but also let him be the deputy general, so that Yu Dayou would take the blame and make meritorious service.

When Yu Dayou received the imperial order, all the generals under him were outraged. Yu Dayou had written a letter to Governor Zhang Jing before the military discussion.

Yu Dayou suppressed the general's dissatisfaction, but accepted the punishment calmly. These years of fighting have made Yu Dayou understand that although he is the commander in chief of an army, some battles are not only military, but also political.

Governor Zhang has not made an inch of merit in his two months in office, and the court is already very dissatisfied with him.

If the emperor can still let Yu Dayou continue to lead the army, then there is still a chance to make meritorious deeds.

Yu Dayou accepted the decree frankly, and after bribing the eunuch who announced the decree with a lot of money, Yu Dayou returned to his study and opened the letter sent from Fujian.

Opening the letter, it was a letter from Changning Wei. Lin Mojun told Yu Dayou about the recent situation, but of course she didn't say anything about her daughter succeeding Baihu.

Then the letter attached the diagram of the mandarin duck formation and the training method of the mandarin duck formation. Yu Dayou's eyes lit up after reading it!

This is a good formation to deal with Japanese pirates!

Yu Dayou, as if he had found a treasure, studied the mandarin duck array repeatedly, and felt that it was extremely ingenious!

The situation in Zhejiang here is in jeopardy with the Battle of Putuo. King Lu, who has landed in the open sea, has received news that he has attacked the warship patrolling the sea in Fujian Haidao Yamen. The three lucky boats have lost contact.

What is even more frightening is that a group of Japanese pirates under King Lu landed near Jianyang. They have captured several villages in a row and are pushing towards Jianyang City.

The emergency military information from the Dusi Yamen in Fujian was sent to Yufu, and both the Fangzhifu and Baizhi County also received news of the invasion of Japanese pirates.

The feast was interrupted at the middle of the heat when the atmosphere was at its hottest. As the commander of Yanping Weidu, Yu Zongyuan's father trembled all over his body.

Fangzhifu and Baizhixian were also pale.

The weather in Fujian's rainy season is really changeable, and the clouds are dense in an instant. There is only a bang outside the house, and the torrential rain falls like a column.

It is raining in the southeast.

Who can try to make up the sky?

end of this volume

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