The Rise of the European Emperor

As expected by Marin, in the court competition organized by some high-end Qinglou in the capital during the Double Ninth Festival, Li Qinger made people's eyes shine with the singing of "The Moon Over the West Building" and "When Will the Bright Moon Come". The pathetic "Peach Blossom Fan" also aroused strong sympathy among several old literati who served as judges.

Then, Li Qinger became hot, and it was a big fire...

Needless to say, the oiran has moved several judges, and the oiran easily won. Moreover, not only a few judges liked it, but the soft-sung Yue Opera in later generations was also loved by ordinary audiences.

Strictly speaking, the Beijing theater scene is more exciting, and there are often some wonderful scenes of somersaults and fights, which are very attractive to ordinary people. The Yue opera, because of its gentleness, mainly attracts literate people.

And it just so happened that the audience of the oiran competition also liked this very literary style. After all, everyone who is on the top of the building is a talented woman. No ink, no talk with them.

Therefore, "Peach Blossom Fan" became popular. Along with "Peach Blossom Fan", there is also Yue Opera singing. The girls in Qinglou especially like this style of singing, because they do not need to do some difficult movements such as somersaults to sing Yue opera, they mainly rely on singing. And singing, for the candid photographers of Qinglou, that is the basic skill...

Li Qinger's worth has skyrocketed since she got the name of Hua Kui. The starting price of Li Qinger's special performance (singing and opera) in Qunfang Pavilion has also soared from 200 taels to more than 1,000 taels, making Li Qinger successfully enter the front line...

Then, in order to make money, Qunfang Pavilion built a professional stage and staged the classic "Peach Blossom Fan" every day. Of course, when Li Qinger was resting, other famous female branches of Qunfang Pavilion performed other plays. For example, the most classic "Dou E's Injustice" in Yuan Zaju, and "The Story of the West Chamber" and so on.

However, before the opening of each scene, Li Qinger would hold a small glass bottle and recommend to everyone something called "Beihai Fragrance Dew".

But the problem is that everyone was just immersed in the sad atmosphere of "Peach Blossom Fan". Li Qinger, as the leading actor, always engaged in sales at the opening, which was a bit of a dance scene, causing the audience to feel uncomfortable...

Li Qinger was very aggrieved, and she didn't want to do this either. However, she and Marin both signed an agreement, so it must be done. But for the sake of the audience's feelings, Li Qinger personally went to the Huitong Pavilion to negotiate with Marin - should the advertisements be removed before the opening of each scene and replaced with advertisements before the beginning of the first scene? Otherwise, the audience is really dancing seriously...

Marin is definitely not happy to cut off so many advertisements, but for the integrity of the opera "Peach Blossom Fan", Marin finally agreed - Li Qinger only recommended before the first show and after the end of the last show. As for the advertisements before each show in the middle, it's up to someone else to say. But Marin demanded that it must also be a beautiful woman. In this regard, Li Qinger naturally agreed. Qunfang Pavilion is originally a women's nest, and there is not much else.

Just so many beauties...

However, this is just a minor annoyance. The real big trouble is yet to come...

After the performance of "Peach Blossom Fan" for a period of time, because the Donglin Party was listed as a traitor in the play, it caused strong dissatisfaction among officials and scholars from Wuxi. Especially those who had studied at Donglin Academy, when they saw that the name of their alma mater was actually listed as the name of the traitorous party, they naturally exploded in anger.

Therefore, there are officials from Wuxi who asked to ban the performance of "Peach Blossom Fan"...

Speaking of which, Marin was negligent. Although the Donglin Party appeared in the late Ming Dynasty, its founder was also Gu Xiancheng during the Wanli period. However, Donglin Academy has already existed. Moreover, Donglin Academy appeared in the Northern Song Dynasty.

The founder of Donglin Academy was founded by Yang Shi, one of the "Four Disciples" of Cheng Hao, a great scholar in the Northern Song Dynasty.

Therefore, although before Gu Xiancheng, there was no big boss in Donglin Academy, but just because of its background, people dare not ignore it.

You know, Cheng Hao is the founder of Neo-Confucianism. Coincidentally, the Ming Dynasty respected "Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism" as the orthodoxy. Therefore, even if Donglin Academy has not yet produced any top tycoons, the origin of Donglin Academy is placed there, belonging to the academy with "rooted red seedlings" in the line of Neo-Confucianism.

In this case, even if there is no big brother, the counterattack of Wuxi scholars is a bit overwhelming. Li Qinger had to ask Marin for help. After thinking about it, Marin decided not to give in.

why? That's what Marin did on purpose. If you give in, isn't it a vain plan? However, the accusations of the civil servants and scholars from Wuxi Donglin Academy had to be responded to...

In the end, Marin added a sentence at the opening of "Peach Blossom Fan" - this story is purely fictional, and any similarity is purely coincidental...

Then, just push two, five, six...

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However, the civil servants from Donglin Academy were obviously not reconciled, so they jumped up and down, trying to spoil "Peach Blossom Fan" and not allow it to continue. Qunfang Pavilion is just an ordinary Qinglou, and faced with the suppression of civil officials and scholars from Donglin Academy, it is also a little bit unbearable.

So, Marin simply brought the troupe into the palace and recommended it to Emperor Zhengde who likes to play...

But on the day the troupe performed in the palace, Zhengde was basically sleeping while watching the play because he had too much fun the night before. On the other hand, the big eunuchs such as Zhang Yong watched with relish.

Especially Zhang Yong, he really liked the part where Wang Chengen accompanied Chongzhen to hang himself, and said with infinite emotion:

"Civil officials are ruthless, or we eunuchs are really loyal to the emperor..."

Well, when Marin heard this, he didn't seek Zhengde's asylum. Because Zhang Yong is enough to protect Li Qinger and "Peach Blossom Fan".

Therefore, Marin took the initiative to intercede for Li Qinger, saying that the civil servants of Wuxi Donglin Academy strongly opposed the performance of "Peach Blossom Fan" because of the coincidence of names. Moreover, the eunuch's loyalty was also questioned. They believed that the people hanging with the emperor should be the gentlemen of Donglin, not the mere eunuchs...

Zhang Yong was suddenly unhappy - there is a rare drama that recognizes the loyalty of eunuchs, but someone wants to suppress it? This is not to our family face ah?

Of course, Zhang Yong is not a fool. He first investigated and found that the civil servants and scholars from Donglin Academy had little background and ability, and then he resolutely stood up to support "Peach Blossom Fan"...

When the current emperor came forward with the first celebrity, the Donglin Academy's lineage, which was not strong enough, had to choose to die. Otherwise, there is absolutely no good fruit to eat...

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Then, "Peach Blossom Fan" continued to be broadcast without changing a word. Only the sentence "This story is purely fictional, if there is any similarity, it is purely coincidental" is still added in the front... This way, a lot of disputes are avoided...

Under the protection of the great eunuch Zhang Yong, "Peach Blossom Fan" not only survived in Daming, but also spread and spread to all parts of the country...

The consequence of this is that Gu Xiancheng learned and deliberately avoided Donglin Academy. Because Donglin Academy's reputation is not good, it's all to blame for "Peach Blossom Fan" written by Malin, this damn butterfly effect...