The annual drama "Mountains and Rivers Moon Ming" was launched, but this drama made Ming history lovers wait for several years, and now it can finally be seen.
In the play, Xu Miaoyun, as the eldest daughter of Xu Da, the Duke of Wei, the future wife of Zhu Di, and the future empress of the Ming Dynasty, shows great wisdom from the beginning of her appearance.
Her talent is reflected in many aspects, the most amazing thing is that in the face of the huge gift money sent by the princes and generals, she used a list, not only to preserve her father's reputation, but also to help Zhu Yuanzhang a big favor, so that Zhu Yuanzhang was both happy and helpless.
At the beginning of the play, Zhu Yuanzhang started Xu Da's idea, in order to rescue the Ming army generals who were on the expedition to the north of the desert, Zhu Yuanzhang planned to let Xu Da, who was suffering from a hidden disease, take command and march to the north.
At this time, Xu Da was already an extremely popular subject, and if he returned victoriously, Zhu Yuanzhang did not know what to reward him except for the title of king. After Empress Ma's reminder, Zhu Yuanzhang planned to marry Xu Da.
It just so happened that Xu Miaoyun, the daughter of Xu's parents, was about the same age as Zhu Di, and she planned to let the two become relatives.
After the news came out, the princes and ministers began to be unable to sit still. When the eldest daughter of Xu Da, the first military general of the dynasty, married zhu Yuanzhang's son, it was a great joy. They have to say something.
So the forces of all sides began to act, sending huge gifts to the Xu family, such as silk and satin, gold and silver utensils, jade agate, everything, and it was worth a lot.
If it is an ordinary person marrying a girlfriend, the gift money sent by others can be directly accepted, but for Xu Da, these gifts are a bit hot.
- One is that it is too expensive
Some people give gifts worth the equivalent of a year's worth of Money, if Xu Da accepts gifts, it is inevitable that people will say that he holds his own merits, taking advantage of his daughter's marriage, and receiving gifts in a big way, of which there will inevitably be power and money transactions.
Whether Xu Da has these thoughts or not, as long as he receives gifts, these misunderstandings cannot be clarified, and his reputation will inevitably be damaged.
- Second, the mind of the gift giver is not correct
The occurrence of gift-giving events has a big background. At that time, some princes in Henan connived with their families and encroached on the people's land, and this matter was known to Zhu Yuanzhang, but Zhu Yuanzhang did not clearly state whether to pursue it or not, and how to pursue it.
However, the news on the surface is that the crown prince has sent the Envoy Tu Jie of Henan to find out the details of these people's crimes.
Although the prince is currently only investigating the princes of Henan, it is not only them who have encroached on the people's land, who can guarantee that their butts are clean, and who can guarantee that they will not find their own heads.
So they have to come up with a way to protect themselves, and the best way is to find a backer.
This patron must be hard enough, have enough weight in front of Zhu Yuanzhang, and must speak well. Obviously, Xu Da, the Duke of Wei, was the best candidate.
But not everyone has encroached on the people's land, and not everyone has broken the law.
The reason why those with clean hands and feet gave gifts was simple, fearing that they would be liquidated by Zhu Yuanzhang.
In order to protect himself, Xiao He of the Han Dynasty robbed the people of their land and took the initiative to insult his reputation. Because he understands a truth, it is difficult to have a good end. In the end, Xiao He was able to die well.
These people are afraid that Zhu Yuanzhang will liquidate himself and treat gifts as bribes, because the value of the gifts they give is much higher than that of their own money, and these goods are difficult to get through normal channels. It is equivalent to taking the initiative to add a notoriety of corruption and bribery to yourself.
These people took advantage of the opportunity of Xu Da's marriage to implement their own plans.
Everyone is waiting for Xu Da to get off the set, and what is even more extreme is that Xu Da can't refuse at all, because the name of the family is a gift money, which is completely reasonable.
What's more, Xu Da was at this time on the Northern Expedition against the Remnant Yuan, and the whip was beyond reach, and he couldn't handle this matter at all.
At this time, Xu Miaoyun stood up.
She asked the housekeeper to write down one by one, who sent it, what was sent, and all of them were registered. Then he directly asked people to send gifts to the Yan King's Mansion, and none of them stayed in the Xu family.
Why do I say this trick is clever?
- First, it is in line with etiquette
Because these people who gave gifts are Xu Miaoyun's elders, if Xu Miaoyun refuses to accept gifts, he will appear to have no gifts.
But she packed things up and sent them to the Yan King's Mansion, and no one else could fault them, because this was originally a gift for her to become a relative, and there was nothing wrong with her sending them to her future husband's family in advance.
- Second, it can save the father's reputation
Because all the gifts were not left in Xu Mansion, Xu Da did not touch them, and naturally his reputation was preserved.
The only price is that in the eyes of outsiders, Xu Miaoyun has become a woman who is greedy for money.
After that, Xu Miaoyun gave the list of gifts to the prince again, and the prince gave it to Zhu Yuanzhang, who was first furious when he saw this list, calmed down, and then was happy and helpless.
The anger was because such a huge gift showed that almost none of these princes and nobles of the Ming Dynasty were clean, which made him feel sad.
Happy because he was glad he had found a good daughter-in-law, if it weren't for the daughter-in-law's intelligence, he really didn't know how this matter would end.
Helpless because a list of daughters-in-law put the ugly affairs of the princes and nobles on the surface. In the face of these old brothers who had followed him for many years, he did not know what to do for a while.
After thinking for a while, Zhu Yuanzhang was relieved, and he decided to stop here and not pursue it any further.
A storm was temporarily suppressed by Zhu Yuanzhang. As for whether there will be any storms after that, we will see in the next issue.
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