Chapter 62 The Ancient Miss World Contest
The eunuch in charge is named Xiaochunzi, and he is one of the three major officials in the Duan Prince's Mansion.
Through conversations with Xiao Chunzi, Yang Fan learned that the people working in the royal palace are of higher rank and higher.
According to the provisions of the Royal Family of the Song Dynasty, the Duan Prince's Mansion belongs to the prince's level, with three departments of Yitong, and is divided into six major institutions and twelve affiliated institutions.
The highest-level official is the chief official, the steward of the royal family, and the highest-level official sent by the royal family to the royal family.
That being said, the chief minister is actually famous and untrue. As usual, the affairs in the royal palace are controlled by the officials. The chief minister never comes to the royal palace and only shows up when there are major weddings and funerals in the royal palace.
There are one to three officials in charge, and they are generally divided into "big managers", "two managers" and "three managers". All pragmatic and practical power are generally managed by them. It is worthy of their reputation to call "big managers".
The rank of the manager is not low. The Xiaochunzi in front of Yang Fan is a fourth-rank official title, who is in charge of the female family in the inner court of the royal palace. The other two managers are not eunuchs. They are in charge of everything except the inner court of the royal palace.
Yang Fan is now a priest of the Duan Prince's Mansion. Although he is just a name, he has no real power and no rank. Other departments in the Duan Prince's Mansion have some official titles of four to nine ranks.
Yang Fan has no official title, but his status is respectable. When he sees an official at the top of his level, he does not have to kneel down or take the initiative to salute. This alone is enviable, not to mention that the ancients were superstitious and respectful of clergy from the bottom of their hearts. This is also the real reason why Xiao Chunzi was polite to Yang Fan and even deliberately curry favor with him.
Xiaochunzi sent someone to call Shiya and Shiyun. During the wait, Yang Fan had nothing to do, so he asked Xiaochunzi about the stunning flower list.
No matter which dynasty or era, stunning beauty is always a topic that people talk about. From ancient times to the present, whether it is peacetime or wartime, various forms of beauty pageants have never stopped.
Yang Fan found out from Xiao Chunzi that the flower evaluation list of Bianjing every three years was limited to Bianjing City, and other places such as Hangzhou and Chang'an also had their own flower evaluation list. The selection of Jiangshan Scarlet Score is once every ten years, and not only the beauties of the Song Dynasty, Liao Kingdom, Western Xia Kingdom, Jin Kingdom, Western Zhou Uighurs, Dali, Tubo, Hei Khan, Goryeo, Ryukyu, Yue Li Dynasty and other beauties of surrounding countries are all on the list.
Such a huge beauty pageant, similar to the modern Miss World competition, is just slightly different in form. Beauties from various countries cannot compete on the same stage due to their distant geographical location and nationality restrictions. Therefore, an authoritative selection agency is needed to conduct arbitration, so that all countries can believe and accept it.
Just as all Cuju ball games in the Song Dynasty had to be organized by Fengyun Club (Football Association), the formulation and selection of Jiangshan Jue Scroll were carried out by Baixiaoge.
This Baixiao Pavilion is very mysterious, and its identity as the leader is even more mysterious. The outside world only knows that there are thousands of members, all of whom are knowledgeable and talented, and they are proficient in the Four Books, Five Classics, and Six Arts. They travel around all countries and places to find local beauties, and then score every beautiful woman from all aspects. After layers of screening, the top 100 beauties with the highest scores were selected as the Jiangshan Scary Score, and they portrayed and published biography for them so that all countries could know.
Yang Fan was an eye-opener. He had watched the Miss World selection competition and knew that its scale was beyond the size of ordinary people. In ancient times, it was even more difficult. No wonder it took ten years to select it.
Originally, Yang Fan thought that ancient times were not fun, but since he came to Bianjing, he first heard about the flower review list, and now he learned about the scourge of the country. He suddenly felt that the lives of ancient people were not so old-fashioned and monotonous.
While thinking, a female tutor in the royal palace had brought the two girls Shiya and Shiyun.
I saw that Shiya and Shiyun were still little girls, but Xiaochunzi said that she was about ten years old.
Yang Fan looked up and down at the two girls and saw that they looked really beautiful, exactly the same, very cute. There was a hint of sadness between his eyebrows, but after all, they were the daughters of officials and were born with nobleness.
It’s okay to be a maid who is too young for yourself, a woman who is too old for her daughter.
This was considered a child laborer. Yang Fan felt a little disgusted, but he understood that he had to adapt to this era, otherwise he would never be able to survive.
"Shiya, Shiyun, from now on, you are the people of Yang Fan and Priest Yang. Remember to be obedient and serve Priest Yang well, and you will have a good life in the future!"
Xiaochunzi gave a simple advice and handed the two girls to Yang Fan.
"Shiya (Shiyun) has met his master!"
The two girls Shiya and Shiyun hurriedly knelt down to Yang Fan to see the master and servant gift. Their voices were like orioles, and they heard them very pleasantly.
Yang Fan helped the two girls up and said softly: "We will be a family in the future!"
Yang Fan was kind and happy. When the two girls Shi Ya and Shi Yun saw that Yang Fan was not very old and looked like a big brother, they felt close to each other and smiled immediately.
Yang Fan and Xiao Chunzi said goodbye and took their two daughters to leave Duan Prince's Mansion.
Yang Fan's home was very close to Prince Duan's Mansion, but it was a street away. However, he hired a carriage and returned to his home with his two daughters Shi Ya and Shi Yun.
"The young master is back, who are they?"
Arou opened the door for Yang Fan, and saw two identical little girls standing beside Yang Fan, and she couldn't help but be stunned.
Yang Fan smiled slightly and said, "Let's talk about it when you go in!"
After returning to the hall, Yang Fan introduced each other to the three girls and explained the matter.
Ajudo: "Young Master is really good at choosing. He actually chose a pair of twins. And they are beautiful, like a pair of porcelain dolls. In the future, they will definitely be a pair of beautiful women. You have such good eyesight and good luck!"
Yang Fan smiled slightly, and did not deny it, but said, "Whether you can grow up to be a great beauty is a matter of the future. Now they are children, so you can take care of them more and have a companion to talk."
Arou received the order, so she took Shiya and Shiyun to choose a room. The three girls were not very different in age and quickly became familiar with each other, which made Yang Fan's home more active.
Yang Fan still goes to the club every day to train players, but Zhao Ji plays football significantly less.
According to Yang Fan's instructions, Zhao Ji went to pay tribute to the empress dowager every day and spent most of his time talking with the empress dowager.
Zhao Ji made up his mind to stop going to the prostitute house. This behavior surprised Yang Fan and also showed that Zhao Ji was very ambitious about the throne, otherwise it would not have been possible.
However, Yang Fan also understood that although Zhao Ji would not go to the prostitute house now, once he became emperor and no one would care about him, everything would be revealed.
If Zhao Ji didn't play football, Yang Fan was still calm, but he would soon have trouble coming to the door, which Yang Fan didn't expect.
It turned out that after Gao Qiu saw Yang Fan become the priest of the Duan Prince's Mansion, he did not dare to face Yang Fan head-on, but he held a grudge and was unwilling to be snatched by Yang Fan's limelight that should have belonged to him. So he secretly made bad things and spread the story of Yang Fan's training of new football throughout the capital. Soon, football clubs from all over the capital came to play.
Chapter completed!