Traveling through the early Tang Dynasty starts with hanging

Chapter 308

Holding a bright peony in his hand, dressed in gorgeous clothes, with a heroic appearance, and with the backing of Fan Yang's Lu family and He Dong Wen's children, and being appreciated by the crown prince, Luo Yang felt that today he would be smooth sailing.

Therefore, after seeing Fang Yizhi, the youthful Luo Yang casually taunted him, thinking that it was just a common thing... After all, for more than a month, his reputation among the younger generation of the aristocratic family is no worse than that of his father Luo Yi. .

But just when Luo Yi left the last few words and was about to turn around and climb the mountain, he noticed that the atmosphere around him was a bit strange.

"plum……"

"Huiren..."

The first person to speak was Lu Chengji, a son of Fan Yang's Lu family. He was 23 years old, and he was on the list of Jinshi in February this year.

"Brother Zigou is here too." A faint smile appeared on Li Shan's face, "Remember that you are married?"

Lu Chengji, who is married to the daughter of the Cui family in Boling, gave a wry smile, and glanced at Luoyang out of the corner of his eye, "It's just a coincidence today, but I didn't expect it... Huairen also comes when he doesn't expect it."

The descendants of the Lu family in Fanyang were not considered prominent during the Sui and Tang Dynasties, and they were relatively silent among the five surnames and seven families. One of the reasons was Luo Yi in Youzhou.

Following Luo Yi's entry into the dynasty, he attached himself to the East Palace. Under Li Jiancheng's recommendation, Fan Yang's Lu's children began to enter the court. Lu Chengji's father, Lu Chisong, the Duke of Gu'an County, became a member of the Zhongshu Sheren, and Lu Chengji entered the East Palace as a Prince She people.

Several disciples of Fan Yang and the Lu family saluted one after another. Wen Yanbo's son, Wen Ting, asked with a smile, "I have heard about the talent of brother Huai for a long time, and today I should see it."

Li Shan smiled warmly, and before he could speak, Luo Yang, who was not very pretty, shouted: "You are Li Shan?"

"shut up!"

"How brave!"

Several people scolded Luo Yang's face turned livid, the young man glared at Li Shan fiercely, "If you have the guts, don't leave later!"

A smile hung on the corner of Li Shan's mouth, why does this guy look like a junior high school student... Don't leave after school!
"Brother Huairen was awarded the title of Tao County Duke. You have no name and no hope, and you have no official position, so you can't kneel down and worship." Fang Yi sneered, "Yunyang Luo's is such a family tradition!"

Hey, I'll go back when I get the chance... Li Shan thought, Fang Yizhi really doesn't look like his father Fang Xuanling's fussy old silver coin, but a bit like Du Ruhui, black and white are too clear.

But the effect of this sentence is very good, pointing at your nose and scolding you for having no tutor... Luo Yang's nostrils are enlarged, and he is ready to pounce on him.

Glancing at Lu Chengji who was holding Luo Yang tightly, Li Shan smiled gently and said, "Listen to Brother Zigou's masterpiece today."

The smile on Lu Chengji's face became more and more bitter. Facing a genius who wrote "Moonlight Night on the Spring River", he knew that his chances of winning were close to nothing.

This blind date meeting has been in preparation for more than a month, and Li Shan has been closing the door to thank guests... No one expected that Li Shan would suddenly appear in Furong Garden.

Looking at the people climbing the mountain, Fang Yi sneered and said, "Even if there is a good sentence, does he have the face to admit it?"

Well, everyone understands this sentence... Luo Yang doesn't have that ability, but Lu Chengji does... His father, Lu Chisong, is a celebrity famous for his poetry and prose, and was once known as "Ba Dou Lu Lang".

In other words, Lu Chengji, Wen Ting, Wen Zhen and others are the ghostwriters of Luo Yang and Luo Shou.

Li Shan's smile froze when the audience discussed it like this... Uh, I can only count you as unlucky, your plagiarism has been recognized, and I...

About two quarters of an hour later, they were summoned, and Li Kai, Wang Renbiao, Li Shan, Zhang Wenguan, Fang Yizhi, and Yang Siyi climbed the mountain.

Among them, Yang Siyi was already married, married to the daughter of the Xue family in Hedong, Wang Renbiao was even more miserable, and was pointed out by his aunt to marry the merchant girl Li, and the other four were unmarried...Of course, the most important one is the Danyang house of the Li family in Longxi The younger brother Li Kai, and the rest are just foils.

Li Shan led Zhang Wenguan to walk behind, looking straight at the gazebo visible in the distance, and the women and young ladies sitting on the couches on both sides of the gazebo... He needed to be sure, was his guess right?

"The first person on the left is the daughter of the Zheng family in Xingyang, the niece of the crown prince's concubine hall." Zhang Wenguan said like a few treasures, "The second one is the granddaughter of Li Shousu, one of the eighteen bachelors, from the Li family of Zhaojun..."

"The first one on the right is Fan Yang's daughter Lu, and the second one is her cousin..."

Li Shan listened silently and intently, until he stopped in front of the gazebo, and sighed slightly. The Crown Princess, Princess Qin, and Princess Qi were sitting on the right seats, and there were eight families sitting on couches on both sides, all of whom were daughters of five surnames and seven families. There are two Wangs from Taiyuan.

Although there are children from five surnames and seven families climbing today, including Lu Chengji and Li Kai, most of them are from lower-level aristocratic families, even children from Jiangnan and Lingnan aristocratic families who are not well-known or politically prominent... All the noble ladies on the mountain are daughters of five surnames and seven families.

Others may not be able to see it, but the traverser Li Shan can be sure that this is by no means accidental.

The patriarchal system originated in the Han Dynasty and was formed in the Wei and Jin Dynasties, but it reached its peak in the middle and late Tang Dynasty, and the status of the five surnames and seven families also reached its peak at that time... Although it flourished and then declined.

The reason is that, on the one hand, thanks to the imperial examination system, for a long time, the imperial court did not close the promotion channel for poor scholars. Motivation, which makes it difficult for children from poor families to compete with children from aristocratic families.

On the other hand, it is due to the various coquettish operations of the Li Tang royal family... It's like a spring, if it can't be broken, the harder it is pressed, the stronger the rebound will be.

Li Shimin ordered his wife and uncle Gao Shilian to preside over the revision of the "Clan History", but the Boling Cui family is still the first in the world, and the Shandong gentry is still a prominent family in the country. The third class, but in fact, the imperial power must be used to coerce, which in itself means that the five surnames and seven families have a high reputation.

Moreover, the Li Tang royal family listed the five surnames and seven families as the third class, and at the same time called themselves the Longxi Li family.

Li Shimin is not the only one with this kind of flirting operation, his son Li Zhi is more flamboyant, and actually stipulated in the form of law that the five surnames and seven families are not allowed to marry on their own, which is the so-called prohibition of marriage... But the bird is useless, but it is even more exaggerated The fame of five surnames and seven families.

In the middle and late Tang Dynasty, seven families with five surnames, relying on their family prestige, were ashamed to marry other surnames, and carried out internal intermarriage arrogantly for a long time.

Tang Wenzong asked for the prince to marry a daughter of the Zheng family in Xingyang, but he would rather marry his granddaughter to a ninth-rank official from the Cui family of Qinghe.

The prime minister Xue Yuanchao, who was born in the Xue family in Hedong, has three major regrets in his life. First, he failed to be a Jinshi, second, he failed to compile national history, and third, he failed to marry five surnames and seven daughters.

At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, similar things were not so absolute. For example, Li Jiancheng’s concubine was a typical example. Later, Li Zhi’s empress was born in the Wang family of Taiyuan, but the internal marriage of five surnames and seven families has a tendency to evolve into the norm... For example, Cui Xin When choosing a son-in-law, Ling Jing once told Li Shan that, except for him, the other candidates were all descendants of five surnames and seven families.

Therefore, today's blind date has a political meaning... Li Yuan hoped that through this blind date, more or less, the normal state of marriage among five surnames and seven families could be broken.

Li Shan is not very optimistic about this... This method is probably similar to the effect of his son's revision of "Clan Chronicles" and his grandson's ban on marriage.

The six people saluted the Crown Princess and others in the gazebo one by one.

After Li Shan got up, someone suddenly raised his voice from the side: "Li Shan of Dongshan, who are his father and grandparents?"

Countless eyes came together, Li Shan turned around slowly, glanced over the couches on the left and right, smiled a few times, then looked at Luo Shou who was squinting, and said, "I will take the fame of my father and ancestors myself."

　After taking the medicine, I got a little better. I went to the pharmacy to buy it twice, more than 300 yuan, but I didn’t use it. I also used ginger and garlic, but it didn’t work. I went to the hospital to register for a film and prescribe the medicine. I paid three yuan for my medical insurance card Paid 150... I should have gone to the hospital if I knew it in the first place

　　
　
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