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In the past six months, a new teahouse model has suddenly emerged in various parts of the Ming Dynasty, which is called "book teahouse" by the people, which combines the two industries of storytelling and tea drinking, and invites different storytellers to talk about things for the tea guests every day.

Before the rise of the book teahouse, storytelling was only a low-class industry under the flyover, relying on a small reward from passers-by and listeners to make a living, and the teahouse was just a place to quench thirst and rest, most of the business was cold, but after the two were combined, it was full of amazing vitality.

The book teahouse is not as noisy as the Tianqiao storytelling, nor is it as dull and boring as the ordinary teahouse, but also the fun of the storytelling and the leisure environment of the teahouse cleverly combined, for the people of the Ming Dynasty who are extremely lacking in entertainment activities, the attraction can be said to be incomparable, and soon attracted a large number of customers to patronize, the whole day is full, lively, and even many folk idle people stay here all day long.

Nowadays, most of the teahouses in the capital have invited storytellers and changed to book teahouses, for teahouse customers, drinking tea is just a medium, listening to the storytelling, joining in the fun is the main purpose.

As early as before the rise of the book teahouse, an unknown commercial firm gathered the folk storytellers together and formed the "Storytelling Guild", which not only summarized the experience of storytelling, compiled many new stories, and formulated strict rules, but also completely monopolized the storytelling industry.

Ordinary storytellers only know how to tell some old-fashioned stories, such as "White Snake", "Bao Gong", "Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai" and the like, these stories have long been well-known, and naturally they cannot attract listeners, but those storytellers in the "Storytelling Guild" have new stories every day, whether it is a bizarre ghost story or a passionate Xianxia legend, they are all unstoppable, and naturally there are countless listeners.

Four months ago, the "Storytelling Guild" had an amazing move, they compiled a new story called "Saying Yue Quanchuan", mainly telling the legend of the national hero Yue Fei's resistance to gold, and organized all the storytellers in the guild to update simultaneously in all the teahouses in the capital, and a listener listened to the third episode of "Saying Yue Quanchuan" in the South Street Teahouse the day before, and the next day in the North Street Teahouse to continue to hear the fourth episode of "Saying Yue Quanchuan", not worried about missing any wonderful plots.

Yue Fei's story has long been circulated among the people, and "The Complete Biography of Yue Yue" is a summary and sublimation of these folk tales, dwarfing all past works with the same theme, and it has become a stereotyped work of heroic legends in one fell swoop.

When the listeners heard that Yue Fei was about to go straight to the Huanglong Mansion, everyone was excited and applauded, and when the listeners heard that Yue Fei was recalled by the twelve gold medals, and finally died because of the "trumped-up" crime, everyone scolded loudly, and many people couldn't help but cry on the spot.

For a time, the people of the whole capital were vying to discuss "The Complete Biography of Yue Yue", and the "Storytelling Guild" also established its status in one fell swoop, and since then, the people and listeners in the capital have also identified the commentators of the "Storytelling Guild", and if a storyteller is not recognized by the "Storytelling Guild", it will also be boycotted by the majority of the audience.

The most important thing is that after listening to the story of "The Complete Biography of Yue", the vast majority of the people have the germ of "national consciousness" in their hearts, realize the threat of nomads to the Han people, understand the importance of resisting foreign invasion, and begin to be proud of their national heroes!

It was against this background that the news that Zhao Junchen had annihilated 100,000 soldiers and horses of the Mongol coalition army in one fell swoop spread in the capital.

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In the back street of Beifu in the capital, there is a teahouse called Yuelai Teahouse, a few days ago, after seeing the business of the book teahouse booming, it was also changed to a book teahouse, and it was a way to invite the well-known storyteller Zhang Yunqing in the "Storytelling Guild", this Zhang Yunqing is indeed a storyteller, the same story from his mouth is to be more interesting and beautiful than other storytellers, and soon attracted countless listeners, Yuelai Teahouse has been prosperous and wealthy since then.

By now, the shopkeeper of Yuelai Teahouse has regarded Zhang Yunqing as the God of Wealth.

On this day, it was just a quarter of the morning, and the Yuelai Teahouse was already full of customers, and all the customers came to listen to Zhang Yunqing's commentary.

At three o'clock, when all the customers gradually began to get impatient, they saw a thin old man walking out of the back hall, and the customers in the teahouse immediately cheered loudly, and everyone was excited.

This thin old man is the well-known storyteller Zhang Yunqing.

After Zhang Yunqing took the stage, he first gestured to the audience, and then raised his voice and said: "Today, Lao Yu will bring a new story for the big guys, this story happened a month ago, similar to the story of "The Complete Biography of Yue", which is also a story about a great hero of our Han people who turned the tide and fought against the Tartars! ”

Hearing Zhang Yunqing's words, the audience was slightly stunned, and many clever people quickly thought of the news from the government, saying that Zhao Junchen had completely annihilated 100,000 soldiers and horses of the Mongolian coalition army in the first battle of Weishui.

So, one of them asked loudly: "Mr. Zhang, do you want to tell the story of Zhao Junchen's annihilation of the 100,000 Mongolian army in a battle on the south bank of Weishui?" Is this true? ”

Another person asked: "The imperial court only received the good news yesterday, why did you use it to tell the story today, Mr. Zhang?" It can't be made up, right? ”

Zhang Yunqing replied with a smile: "First of all, Lord Zhao's total annihilation of the Mongolian coalition army in one battle will never be false, and even the Mongolian commander Bagen has become a prisoner, which can be described as ironclad evidence...... As for the fact that Lao Yu was able to tell everyone about this matter so quickly, it was because our 'Storytelling Guild' had some relationship with the government, and we could receive the latest and most detailed news in the imperial court in a timely manner, and naturally we would not make it up at will to fool everyone! I assure you that the stories I will tell next are all true deeds, and the twists and turns of the legend are not inferior to the "The Complete Biography of Yue Yue" a few days ago! ”

Most of the audience in the audience were Zhang Yunqing's fans, and after hearing Zhang Yunqing's explanation, they quickly believed it, and they all listened attentively, and Yuelai Teahouse quickly quieted down.

After Zhang Yunqing cleared his throat slightly, he patted the shocking wood on his hand and began to speak: "But I said that two hundred and eighty years ago, our Ming Dynasty experienced the greatest shame since Emperor Taizu, that is, the Tumubao Change, the Mongolian Warat Department repeatedly invaded the territory of the Ming Dynasty, and the orthodox emperor personally led an army of 200,000 to conquer, but in the end it ushered in a fiasco, and even the orthodox emperor and the Manchu Dynasty became prisoners of the Mongolian Warat!" Fortunately, there is a famous minister Yu Qian who was born in time and turned the tide and defeated the Wara army under the capital, otherwise we Han people are now afraid that they will become slaves of the country, and the tragedy of the late Song Dynasty and early Yuan Dynasty will also reappear in the world......"

Next, Zhang Yunqing explained a little about the battle of the defense of the capital, and then said: "But it is said that with the prosperity and decline of the Warat tribe, the various departments of the grassland have also fallen into the ground, and one of its branches is far away to the west of Mobei, claiming to be the Dzungar Department, after more than 100 years of lying on the salary and hiding the guts, the strength of the Dzungar Department has increased greatly, and it is far better than that of Warat, in recent years, there is a male lord, this person is named Geerdan, he led the Dzungar Department in the Western Regions to fight endlessly, but it is only in just ten years that it has been the destruction of the country for 13, slaughtered forty-seven cities, monopolized the Western Regions, Qinghai, Mobei and other places, Na Geldan also called himself Khan, established the Dzungar Khanate, and the vast territory was not inferior to our Ming Dynasty......

…… Another year ago, the Dzungar Khanate had conquered all the surrounding countries, and turned its attention back to the Mongolian steppe, Geldan sent the general Bagen to lead an army of 50,000 troops, and under the command of the soldiers, the major tribes on the right wing of Mongolia only resisted for just one year and surrendered! You must know that these Mongolian tribes have always been a big problem in our Ming Dynasty, and the annual fire sifting into the Kou makes us helpless, but even they are not the opponents of the Dzungar Khanate, let alone those weak border troops......

…… Seeing the threat of the Dzungar Khanate, the governors of Shaanxi and Gansu were only frightened and couldn't sleep at night, but they were afraid of anything, and after the Dzungar Khanate conquered the Mongolian right wing of the provinces, they immediately set their sights on our Ming territory and formed a Mongolian coalition army with a strength of more than 100,000 people, and they were ambitious to enslave our Han people again like the Yuan Dynasty......

…… After learning such news, the governors of Shaanxi and Gansu were even more frightened! In order to ensure temporary peace, they privately withheld the disaster relief money and grain from the imperial court, and detained the people fleeing the famine in the territory, and actually wanted to send these disaster relief money and food and the people fleeing the famine to the Dzungar Ministry in exchange for the temporary withdrawal of the Dzungar army......"

Under Zhang Yunqing's description, the audience understood the great threat of the Dzungar Khanate, and they all showed a state of worry, and now after hearing the appeasement of the Shaanxi and Gansu governors, they also scolded one after another.

During the period, another person in the venue asked: "Mr. Zhang, when the governors of the northwest wanted to send the grain and grass for disaster relief and the people fleeing the famine to the Mongols to beg for peace, it was spread in the past few days, I didn't believe it originally, but is it true to hear you say this?" ”

Zhang Yunqing hesitated slightly, but said: "There must be a source of wind!" This matter is so big, naturally it is not just as simple as rumors. ”

During this period of time, folk readers have been panicked because of a "literary disaster", but the folk storytellers have risen up to comment on the government under the impetus of the "Storytelling Guild", and Zhang Yunqing does not have too many taboos when commenting on books at this time.

As far as Zhang Yunqing knows, the background of the "Storytelling Guild" is very deep, it has a close relationship with Yin Huo Zhengyuan of Shuntian Mansion, and it also has a way to go on the side of the General Administration, but it will not be much trouble to comment on a few words of current affairs.

Then, without waiting for the audience to continue to ask, Zhang Yunqing said again: "Fortunately, the imperial court discovered the disappearance of the disaster relief grain and grass in time, but it sent Zhao Junchen, the secretary of the household department, to Shaanxi and Gansu to investigate the truth!" Now in retrospect, this may be the heavens in the dark to protect the Han people, at that time no one thought that this Lord Zhao was actually a civil and military all-round talent not inferior to Yu Qian, after he arrived at the three sides of Shaanxi and Gansu this time, not only stopped the evil deeds of the Shaanxi and Gansu governors in time, but also annihilated 100,000 soldiers and horses of the Mongolian coalition army in one fell swoop, severely damaged the ambition of the Dzungar Khanate, and blocked a monstrous disaster for our Han people! ”

Then, Zhang Yunqing told in detail what Zhao Junchen had done during this period of time in an impassioned tone, from Zhao Junchen aware of the conspiracy of the governors in the northwest, to Zhao Junchen's sudden appearance in the Huamachi camp to remove the trilateral governor Wang Zheng, and then to Zhao Junchen's personal leadership of the Shaanxi and Gansu military and government to rectify the border army, and how Zhao Junchen painstakingly planned to personally lead the army to meet the main force of the Mongolian coalition army, and the final climax was that Zhao Junchen annihilated 100,000 soldiers and horses of the Mongolian coalition army in one fell swoop on the south bank of Weishui, and even captured the Mongolian commander Bagen alive!

In Zhang Yunqing's mouth, Zhao Junchen is simply Wenqu Xing and Wu Qu Xing reincarnated at the same time, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he is the savior of the Han people!

Of course, regarding the various shady methods used by Zhao Junchen during the battle against the Mongol coalition army, Zhang Yunqing either did not mention a word, or used the Spring and Autumn penmanship to mention it.

That's how history has been tampered with.

Zhang Yunqing's story is obviously carefully compiled by the masters, Zhang Yunqing's eloquence and speech skills are indeed good, when the story is described as melodious, colorful, and soon attracted all the hearts of the audience, everyone is holding their breath when it comes to the thrilling place, and everyone is cheering loudly when it comes to the happy place!

After learning of Zhao Junchen's great achievements in annihilating the Mongol coalition army, the people of Shaanxi and Gansu will immediately regard Zhao Junchen as a benefactor and hero, and the people of the capital are well-informed, but they will not change their prejudices because of such a little "little thing".

But now, because of the foreshadowing of "The Complete Biography of Yue", most of these listeners who are keen on commenting on stories understand the concept of nationality, and they are the most powerless to resist the heroic deeds of Zhao Junchen against foreign races.

By the time Zhang Yunqing finished telling the story, it was already three o'clock in the afternoon.

At this time, it was already lunch time for the people, but the listeners of the Yuelai Teahouse forgot that they were hungry, and just stayed in the teahouse to discuss Zhao Junchen's heroic deeds excitedly.

But gradually, the audience also came back to their senses from the story, and only felt that something was wrong.

Isn't Zhao Junchen a well-known corrupt official? How did he become a national hero in Zhang Yunqing's mouth?

Soon, someone raised their questions.

"Mr. Zhang, this story of yours is wonderful, and we don't want to believe you, but I always heard that Zhao Junchen is a corrupt official who does not learn and has no skills, how did he become a hero and virtuous here?"

Zhang Yunqing obviously had been prepared for a long time, and immediately replied: "Everyone, the rumors in this world are all the same as the clouds, and many of them are deliberately framed by people with ulterior motives, we must not believe it, but we must not believe it all!" Many people say that Lord Zhao does not learn and has no skills, but everyone should not forget that this Lord Zhao is the champion, and he is also the youngest champion in the Ming Dynasty in the past 100 years. ”

Hearing Zhang Yunqing's words, everyone in the teahouse immediately burst into laughter.

In fact, the person who raised the question was a trust arranged by the "Storytelling Guild", and deliberately asked such a question, which made Zhang Yunqing easily find the easiest place to refute.

When refuting, Zhang Yunqing did not insist on his own opinion, but only listed some "facts" to guide the audience's thinking.

After Zhang Yunqing paused, he said: "As for saying that Lord Zhao is a corrupt official, I am afraid that it is his political enemies in the DPRK and China who deliberately framed him. Since Lord Zhao took office, the taxes of our people have been reduced, if Lord Zhao is a corrupt official, then what are the previous Hubu Shangshu? We are all ordinary people in the capital, and we can often hear some rumors about the government, Lord Zhao, he has been rectifying commercial taxes and reforming agricultural affairs during this time, but he has done a lot of practical things, but what have those officials with good reputations done? We've never heard of it, if Lord Zhao is just a courtier, what are the other officials? ”

With Zhang Yunqing's rebuttal, everyone in the teahouse was talking again.

After a period of discussion, under the deliberate guidance of Zhang Yunqing, many people changed their views on Zhao Junchen in their hearts, only feeling that Zhao Junchen is not only a national hero, a virtuous and famous minister, but also a saint who has been deliberately framed by political enemies and misunderstood by the world for many years, but has never defended himself but just buried his head in hard work!

Suddenly, everyone in the teahouse continued to praise, and they only felt that they had understood the truth.

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And while everyone in the teahouse was discussing hotly, no one noticed that a man in a robe suddenly got up and left in the corner.

Ever since the man sat in the teahouse, he had been silently observing everyone's reactions, and now after seeing the change in everyone's attitude, a trace of sarcasm and pride flashed in his eyes.

This man's name is Zhao Zhen, and he has two identities, one is a close confidant steward in Zhao Junchen's mansion, and the other is the person in charge of the capital of the "Storytelling Guild".

In fact, the "Storytelling Guild" was formed by Zhao Zhen at the suggestion of Zhao Junchen.

The heroic deeds of Zhao Junchen that Zhang Yunqing talked about on this day were also secretly arranged by Zhao Zhen.

The same situation is constantly appearing in all the teahouses in the capital on this day, and it will soon spread to all the teahouses in the entire Ming territory.

Sometimes, public opinion is not difficult to guide, and it is enough to let the people themselves perceive the "truth".

Zhao Zhen appeared at the Yuelai Teahouse today to inspect the effectiveness of such a plan.

In the end, Zhao Zhen was deeply satisfied with the response of the people.

Satisfied, Zhao Zhen didn't stay any longer, and immediately left the Yuelai Teahouse.

After leaving the teahouse, Zhao Zhen hired a carriage and soon arrived near Zhao's mansion.

Zhao Zhen needs to report what he has seen to Ruyi's wife, Fang Ru.

Originally, Zhao Zhen ordered the carriage driver to drive directly to the gate of Zhao's mansion, so that he could directly enter Zhao's mansion after getting off the car.

However, the carriage had just driven into the street near Zhao's mansion, but it was soon difficult to move an inch.

Because, since the news that Zhao Junchen entered the cabinet and was named the new Chengbo spread, too many people came to visit the Zhao Mansion on this day, and there were too many carriages and sedan chairs parked outside the Zhao Mansion, which completely blocked the entire street, and the carriages in Zhao Town could not get close to the Zhao Mansion at all.

Therefore, Zhao Zhen had no choice but to walk back to Zhao's mansion.

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Well, the first update is still a big chapter.

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