Chapter 2715 2717 [The world is like chess]
Come to June, Xiang Nan strangely made some limelight again.
It turned out that he wrote several nursery rhymes for his two nieces Xiaoshuang and Xiaotong, such as "Snail and Oriole", "Singing and Smile", "Reading Man", "Counting Ducks", "Catching Loach" and so on. .
The two of them are more than one year old now, just at the age of learning to speak, so Xiang Nan teaching them to sing nursery rhymes will also help their growth.
Originally, these songs were only sung at home, but Cheng Huichang thought these songs were very interesting, so he took them to Chunming Girls' School to teach them to the students.
Therefore, the lyrics are concise and the melody is beautiful, so it quickly spread. Not only children like to sing, even adults like to hum a few lines, and the singing has been heard in the streets and alleys, which has also made Xiang Nan's popularity high.
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In the first half of 2025, China was also precarious. The biggest loss is the death of Mr. Sun, which makes all progressive people feel extremely sad.
Xiang Nan knew that Mr. Sun's death would inevitably lead to a struggle for power among various factions in the new party, so he was very worried about his sister Jin Runzhi who was far away in Guangdong Province.
For this reason, I sent her a special telegram, hoping that she would try her best to keep herself safe and not get involved. It's best to go back to Yanjing, avoid the center of the storm, and wait until the dust settles before looking at the next step.
But Jin Runzhi sent a telegram back, saying that he would not return to the capital, and that he would be unswerving, continue to struggle, and realize Mr. Sun's dream as soon as possible.
Seeing this, Xiang Nan had to sigh.
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Entering the second half of the year, the internal struggle of the new party became increasingly fierce, and the founders of the party were all assassinated in the street, causing a sensation.
Xiang Nan wrote another letter to Jin Runzhi, reminding her to pay attention to safety and not to get involved in the political vortex.
Half a month later, he received a letter from Jin Runzhi.
In the letter, Jin Runzhi thanked Xiang Nan for his concern, but still believed that this was just the darkness before dawn, and that after the storm, there would be a rainbow. I will still persist in the struggle and will not back down.
Seeing this, Xiang Nan had no choice but to let it go.
In October, the third Zhifeng war started.
It turned out that Longwangshu, the Feng Dynasty, planned to annex the Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions after conquering the capital and supporting its own government. The direct warlords entrenched here naturally disagreed, so the two sides fought again.
Surprisingly, the originally invincible Feng Faction was in a dilemma in this war, and was beaten and retreated after repeated defeats.
In the end, the direct line occupied the five provinces of Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, Jiangxi, and Fujian, while the Feng line retreated to the north of the Yellow River, completely losing control of the south.
The failure of this war shocked the newly formed new government, and worried that the Zhili might make a comeback.
But for Jin Quan, the victory of this war made him extremely excited. Once the Zhili is back in power, he may return to power again, so every day I hope that the Zhili will come over quickly.
However, the Feng faction had already begun civil strife before the direct line came over. The flames of war spread rapidly, once again making the ruling and opposition parties panic.
"I said earlier that the emperor takes turns to do it, and he came to my house this year. Bai Xiongqi thought that relying on the Feng family, he would be able to secure the position of prime minister. But now that even the Feng family is in a mess, how can he deal with himself as a prime minister?" .” Jin Quan laughed.
"Father, a centipede, dead but not stiff. Now the capital is still under the control of the Feng family, and I don't think the Zhi line may be able to fight it. Let's be cautious and optimistic." Xiang Nan advised, lest he place too much hope .
Because as far as he knows, the New Party will make a northern expedition next year. The direct lineage in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River bears the brunt. At that time, there will be a new party in the south and a Feng faction in the north. It will be difficult for them to protect themselves. How can they regain the capital and regain power.
Seeing what he said, Jin Quan nodded.
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In the second half of the year, Xiang Nan continued to write and teach.
After the serialization of "Legend of Chu Liuxiang", Xiang Nan serialized "Little Li Feidao". After the serialization of "The Legend of Condor Heroes", he began to write "Yi Tian Tu Long Ji".
In addition, Leng Qingqiu also finished serializing "Marrying the Right Man on the Wrong Sedan Chair".
With this novel, she not only became a well-known female writer, but also earned thousands of yuan, which is quite good.
After the serialization of this novel, Xiang Nan suggested that she write "Deep Love and Rain". This drama was quite popular back then. Xiang Nan, a **** straight man, watched it several times, and it can be said that he was extremely impressed.
It is not just a love story, but also describes the deeper human conflicts and heart tremors behind the story, and the great distortion and destruction of human nature by feudal families and feudal rulers.
After listening to what Xiang Nan said, Leng Qingqiu felt that the story was very good, and immediately decided to write it.
"Yanxi, you are really talented. I don't know how your head is shaped and how you can come up with so many good stories." She said admiringly.
She has been with Xiang Nan for two years, but he can still bring surprises to her. He is really a treasured boy.
"Without you as a muse, how could I have so many ideas." Xiang Nan said with a smile.
Hearing what he said, Leng Qingqiu was naturally happy.
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Entering 2026, the situation became more and more chaotic.
Although the civil strife in the Feng faction has subsided, the struggle for power and profit has not stopped.
Especially because of the severe damage caused by civil strife, the Feng Department needs to seize the time to plunder wealth, recruit soldiers, and purchase equipment in order to restore its strength as soon as possible.
For this reason, the new government had to raise taxes on the people and borrow from the great powers to make up for their needs, which made the people more impoverished and further damaged the interests of the country.
And the government's money was used to fight the war, and other departments had to be forced to cut down on food and clothing.
It seems that various departments such as the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Communications, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs have wage arrears.
Professors like Xiang Nan and the others look noble, but their lives are actually very difficult.
Because the government has no money to pay salaries, everyone is in arrears, and some delays for several months.
Fortunately, Xiang Nan can still write novels and earn some manuscript fees, otherwise, it would be really terrible if he really counted on that little salary.
Jin Fengju, Jin Hesun, and Jin Pengzhen, three civil servants, are now in arrears of salary, accumulating thousands of yuan, which makes the three of them feel helpless.
I didn't expect that the son of the former prime minister, who is a dignified former prime minister, would be owed wages sometimes.
Moreover, this salary is still difficult to negotiate, after all, the finances really have no money. There were even staff members in various ministries who went to the finance department to board the board to ask for their salary with their quilts in their arms, and blocked the office of the deputy director of the finance department to ask for money, but they still didn't get a penny.
Don’t talk about them, even Mr. Lu Xun wrote articles asking for salary, but he still had no money in the end.
Now that the new year is approaching, the three of them are all at a loss, and life is almost impossible.
Now even if Xiang Nan doesn't play tricks, Jin Fengju and Jin Pengzhen dare not go out to make trouble.
But Xiang Nan knew that they were just shouting happily, but they actually had quite a lot of savings. Now they are just crying about being poor, hoping that Jin Quan and his wife will support them a bit.
(end of this chapter)