Chapter 105 The Ambitious Singing Girl
As soon as An Xin walked downstairs, he was stopped.
The teahouse owner saw Yuchi Yi being dragged downstairs by the collar, and the corners of his mouth twitched, but he still restrained his expression, bent down and said:
"Miss, wait a moment. The young man in your hand said he would pay two hundred taels of silver to let Yingying sing Peony Spring. What do you think..."
An Xin saw the shopkeeper stretch out his plump white hand, then glanced at Miss Yingying who was standing behind him with eyes full of expectation, and raised his eyebrows evilly.
"Oh, isn't it too cheap to ask Miss Yingying to sing a little song for two hundred taels?"
The teahouse owner's eyes flashed, and he quickly said, "Not cheap, not cheap!"
An Chu curled his lips and smiled, "Since you also think that two hundred taels for a little song is too expensive, then we won't listen to it."
“???” Is this what I mean, teahouse owner?
"This is a reward for you," An Xin threw a silver ingot over, took a meaningful look at Yingniang, stared at her with a somewhat annoyed look, and said sincerely: "Don't even think about this kid, there are many rich and powerful people here, you can change someone, maybe it will be easier for you to get what you want."
Yingniang paused, feeling a little angry and ashamed when her heart was touched, "I don't understand what you said."
An Xin smiled faintly, said no more, and walked out of the teahouse carrying Yuchi Yi, whose face was as dark as ink.
This time the teahouse owner did not stop it.
Because a guy ran down from upstairs and whispered something to him.
After the shopkeeper saw An Xin, Jiang Chenxi and the others off, he looked up at the private room on the second floor that belonged exclusively to his master.
He turned to Yingniang and said, "You have received a lot of rewards today, so go back early."
Yingniang, who looked delicate and weak, bit her lip, looked unwillingly at a certain place on the second floor, and smiled faintly at the shopkeeper: "Thank you, Uncle Wang."
Shopkeeper Wang felt sorry for the lonely girl next door and nodded to it kindly.
Yingniang held the pipa with her head down, her eyes full of ambition and resentment towards An Xin for ruining her plans.
Here, An Xin pulled Yuchi Yi out, threw him on the street, then patted his butt and left.
"You damn woman, just wait for me!" Yuchi Yi roared as he fell flat on his face.
Jiang Chenxi, Gao Tai and others who followed out were stunned.
Chen Qibao, the youngest son of the Fourth Rank General Anbei, said: "Hey... he's leaving now."
An Xin turned around and gave a sly smile, "Why don't you leave? I'll leave you guys with insufficient brains to clean up the mess.
You don't even realize where this teahouse is before you dare to conflict with others.
The people in the Imperial Censorate are worried every day about how to show their eloquence when they go to court. You unfilial sons are just the right people to send your elders to them for fun."
After saying this, An Xin didn't stop and walked into the crowd on the street, disappearing in the several pairs of surprised eyes looking at her.
Jiang Chenxi murmured to himself with a deep look in his eyes: "Become my disciple? I seem to be in need of a teacher too."
After leaving, An Xin quietly went through the dog hole back to his yard, and sat in the warm room admiring the plum blossoms outside the window without knowing it.
Her words, "literature can bring peace to the country, and military force can stabilize the state," have spread from the teahouse.
At the morning court the next day, Emperor Si Yexiao felt that the civil officials and military generals in the court had become much more harmonious.
It's not like every time something happens, the two sides will be at loggerheads, the court will turn into a vegetable market in seconds, and the quarrels will give him a headache.
After returning to the imperial study after the morning court session, Emperor Sheng An, out of curiosity, ordered Eunuch Xiang beside him to ask someone to find out if anything had happened in the past two days.
Eunuch Xiang, who was accompanying Emperor Sheng An, certainly knew what the emperor wanted to know.
Less than an hour later, Eunuch Xiang sent someone out to inquire and reported to Emperor Sheng An what An Xin had said in the teahouse.
The teacup in Si Yexiao's hand slipped and fell onto the white marble floor, shattering.
It was as if I had just woken up from a dream, and cold sweat broke out on my back.
Ten years of peace and the prosperity of the dynasty, as An Xin said, had gradually shifted his political focus to culture and neglected military power.
If this continues, Daqian's culture will flourish but its military will decline. Once a foreign enemy invades, Si Yexiao dare not imagine what consequences the Daqian Dynasty will face.
After some thought, Emperor Sheng An summoned several important civil and military officials for a discussion.
Starting from the 31st year of the Sheng'an period, a military examination was held every three years, just like the literary examination.
The first one is called Wu Zhuangyuan, the second one is Wu Bangyan, the third one is Wu Tanhua, and the rest are selected as Wu Juren according to their ranking that year.
An Xin didn't expect that because of his words, Daqian's policy of gradually emphasizing culture over military affairs would return to its normal track.
The surrounding countries, which were waiting for Daqian's military power to weaken so that they could attack and get a piece of the pie, were furious when they learned that Emperor Sheng'an had begun to focus on military power again.
They secretly cursed who reminded this and woke up the Daqian Emperor, who had been blinded by the illusion of long-term prosperity and peace, and ruined their plans.
An Xin's unintentional move made Emperor Sheng An, who had always paid attention to her, think that since a woman could teach six juren, her knowledge was naturally recognized.
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He can also say such awakening words and thoughts, which remind us to be prepared for danger in times of peace for the sake of the country and the people.
If An Xin wasn't a woman, Si Yexiao would have wanted to make her his close minister so that she could remind him from time to time.
Although Emperor Sheng An failed to appoint An Xin as an official, he still remembered her and several of An Xin's students.
In the blink of an eye, the New Year is here.
What General Liu did not expect was that he, a military general who had resigned many years ago, would receive a reward from Emperor Sheng An before the New Year.
Moreover, the rewards were even more generous than when he was a third-rank military general.
General Liu, who was confused and puzzled, called his good friend Doctor Su.
The two old men with gray hairs and horns stared at each other. Doctor Su sighed and said, "Don't say you are weird. I am also weird."
General Liu suddenly realized: "You also received the annual gift from the palace."
"Yes, I, an imperial physician who resigned from office eight hundred years earlier, also received a reward." Old Doctor Su seemed thoughtful.
Because of the emperor's reward, many families who had never associated with them before began to interact with them again.
The two old men fell into deep thought.
Thinking about the rewards, there were gold, silver and jade head ornaments for women, as well as brocade that only young girls could wear.
It was understandable that Dr. Su received these rewards because of his disappointing son.
Although his medical skills were not good enough to enter the Imperial Medical Bureau, his family still opened a clinic in the capital and had female family members at home.
But the Liu family only has two grown men, General Liu and Liu Boxing, the grandfather and grandson. It is very strange that the Ministry of Internal Affairs would reward them. It is impossible for them to give them such things.
Suddenly, General Liu and Doctor Su's wrinkled eyes became bright.
“Hahaha, I see.”
"I should have thought of it earlier. Last time I went to meet up with an old friend who had fought with me in the war, I heard him talking about how the government once again paid attention to military commanders because of a word.
This made many generals and their families curious and grateful to the person who said that."
"Guess who that person is?!" General Liu asked with a gleam in his eyes.
(End of this chapter)