Guide to Traveling through the Northern Song Dynasty.

Chapter 1258 Epilogue : The son's name can also be used to show off love

Both "Yili.com.sangfu" and "Ji Li.nanbei Ze" stipulate that the father should name the child three months after the child is born.

Later on, there was also the tradition of naming a child after 100 days.

There was still half a month before the time to give the child a name, but Zhu Tangxi had already started researching while holding the child.

"Liulang, your family's previous generation signed the petition together, why didn't you sign it this time?" Zhu Tangxi asked curiously.

Joint name, also called joint name.

Generation names are a form of joint naming.

There are also names composed of radicals, for example, Zhao Huan, Zhao Kai and Zhao Gou all have the wood radical.

Xie Yan said: "I have asked this before. It seems that the Xie family used the same generation name before the founding of the Ming Dynasty. At that time, the Xie family was divided into six branches, one of which stayed in Henan, and the rest moved to Hebei."

"By the time of my father, the generation names had all been used up. The Xie family in Duliu Town had a hard life in the beginning. They didn't even have an ancestral hall built, let alone establishing a clan."

"Later, things gradually started to improve, but there was a commotion because of the construction of the ancestral hall."

"The Xie family on the west side of Duliu River wanted to build their ancestral hall on the west side, because that was where the Xie family of Duliu originally lived. But the Xie family on the east side of Duliu River had a Jinshi, so they insisted on building their ancestral hall on the east side."

"The essence of the issue is not where the ancestral hall is built, but who has the final say in the family."

"The two sides couldn't come to an agreement, and the construction of the ancestral hall was delayed. Naturally, the generation name couldn't be continued. Even the family tree was in separate copies, and no one was responsible for compiling a unified genealogy."

"Later, my grandfather's brother died of illness while serving as an official in Yingzhou, and his descendants also moved to Yingzhou to settle down. The east lost its Jinshi, and the west became even more dissatisfied."

Zhu Tangxi said with emotion: "Since we are of the same clan, why do we have to fight so much?"

Xie Yan smiled and said, "We started to continue the family tree last year, and we are building the ancestral hall this year."

"Why is it so smooth?" Zhu Tangxi asked knowingly, she had actually guessed it.

Xie Yan said in a boastful tone, "Of course it's because there is a prince consort. Also, my father is also a Jinshi, and my brother also passed the imperial examination. The East has completely overwhelmed the West."

Zhu Tangxi chuckled: "Look at how proud you are."

Xie Yan said: "The new generation name has been arranged at the beginning of the year. The first four characters are '德言事功'. Therefore, my full name in the family tree should be Xie Deyan. But only in terms of the family tree, there is no need to change other places. It is too troublesome to change."

"The word 'Yan' sounds good when combined with 'Xie'," Zhu Tangxi thought, "What should I call Tiger Brother Xie Yan?"

Xie Yan said: "It doesn't matter if the son of the emperor's wife doesn't have a generation name. The family won't say anything."

"No." Zhu Tangxi insisted on arranging the generations.

Because all of Xie Yan's illegitimate sons had to be arranged according to generation names, which made the princess's son seem like an outsider.

Zhu Tangxi's eyes rolled: "How is Xie Yanqin?"

"Which piano?" Xie Yan asked.

Zhu Tangxi said: "The piano."

Xie Yan muttered, "This sounds too much like a woman's name."

Zhu Tangxi said: "If the sound is on the zither, why doesn't it sound when it is placed in the box? If the sound is on the fingers, why don't you listen to it on your fingers? Liulang, have you read this poem?"

"Whose poem is it?" Xie Yan asked, "Although I am not an expert in poetry, after studying it for a few months, I can tell that the rhythm of this poem is not right."

Zhu Tangxi smiled and said, "Su Dongpo's poems."

"Uh..." Xie Yan didn't dare to comment casually.

Zhu Tangxi picked up his pen and wrote down the poem: "Liu Lang, please savor it carefully."

Xie Yan read the poem carefully and repeatedly, and roughly understood what the princess meant.

The princess compared herself to a zither in a box, no matter how noble her family background was, she could not make her own sound. But Xie Yan was the one who played the zither, and made the princess' life meaningful from then on.

In a word, the son's name is also used to show off love!

Xie Yan secretly apologized to his son in his heart, clapped his hands and praised: "Xie Yanqin, what a good name. I would like to be my sister's piano player for the rest of my life."

Zhu Tangxi smiled sweetly: "It's good that Liu Lang understands."

“Wow, wow, wow, wow~~~”

Hu Ge'er suddenly started crying, seeming to be quite dissatisfied with the name.

But the protest was ineffective.

"It looks like he needs to be breastfed again." Zhu Tangxi handed the child to the wet nurse.

……

The next day, the couple went out hand in hand.

Although she had finished her confinement a long time ago, Zhu Tangxi had been staying at home. This time she could finally go out and have some fun.

And bring a guard of honor.

According to the regulations, there were to be eight maids holding fans, but Zhu Tangxi only brought four. The fans were in the shape of two square and two round.

The maids holding lamps and flowers also had four people each.

There were also six maids carrying various utensils and one personal maid.

Several guards and servants.

There were no such things as walking barriers and sitting barriers, otherwise, not to mention the servants who carried these two things, there would be twenty maids holding the flowers to lead the barriers - Emperor Yanchun restored the Song system, but Emperor Dingtai abolished it again.

As for Xie Yan, he only brought two male followers.

The team set out from the Princess' Residence and slowly walked out of the city towards the Imperial College - they had already paid homage to the Confucian Temple yesterday.

Today, scholars are being awarded, and Zhu Tangxi brought the guard of honor to support her husband.

Although she doesn't need to support me. ...

Prince Laszlo was taken to the Imperial College by an official from the Honglu Temple. After walking around for a while, he felt that the school was very big.

"How many students are there here?" Laszlo asked.

The official from the Honglu Temple said, "Three thousand."

Laszlo asked again: "How many schools like this are there?"

The official from the Honglu Temple said, "Seven."

Laszlo exclaimed, “That’s more than 20,000 people!”

The official from the Honglu Temple laughed and said, "These seven imperial colleges are only the highest-level schools. There are also countless elementary schools, middle schools, universities, and various private schools, with tens of millions of students across the country."

Laszlo was stunned.

Is the number of students in Ming Dynasty greater than the population of Hungary?

A carriage drove up with several followers outside.

The carriage stopped at the school gate. A scholar was helped out by his followers and walked slowly towards this side with the help of a cane.

"Is that an official or a scholar?" Laszlo asked.

The official of the Honglu Temple said: "The Rose Bachelor among scholars. His status can be seen from the jade pendant on his waist."

Laszlo quickly asked what the Rose Maester was.

The official of the Honglu Temple was always bragging. He said that a bunch of lazy students were all excellent in both character and learning. Every student would be equivalent to a top scholar in the West.

It is also said that the Ming Dynasty had a population of 600 million (actually just over 300 million) and an army of 5 million (actually only 1.5 million).

Even if he hadn't boasted, Laszlo would have been dumbfounded.

"Do you know how many people there are in Luoyang?" asked the official from the Honglu Temple.

Laszlo shook his head.

The Honglu Temple official said: "Two million people."

Laszlo gasped. This was more than the total population of Hungary!
"Do you know India?" the official from the Honglu Temple asked again.

Laszlo replied: "I heard it from the merchants."

The official from the Honglu Temple said: "India has more than ten kingdoms, thousands of principalities and counties. They are all vassals of the Ming Dynasty!"

"You think the Eastern Roman Empire is powerful? They couldn't even recover the homeland of the Sultanate of Rum. And the Sultanate of Rum was once a vassal state of the Seljuks. Dayuan, a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, directly destroyed the Seljuks and then destroyed the successors of the Seljuks. Now it has annexed most of the land of Persia."

"If Dayuan expands recklessly, it can even destroy the Eastern Roman Empire. But such a powerful Dayuan can be replaced by the king with just one order from the Ming Emperor."

A series of shocking news was beyond Laszlo's imagination.

He felt that they should completely side with the Ming Dynasty, which was the greatest country in the world and no country in the West could compete with it.

Laszlo's eyes rolled. He was not the first in line to the throne. If he could establish a good relationship with the Ming Dynasty, could he also compete for the throne of king in the future?
Even if the Ming Dynasty did not send troops, just sending troops from the Cumans and Cumans would be enough to help him seize the throne.

At that time, I will announce my conversion to Nestorianism and marry the princesses of the Cumans and Cumans, and the three countries will form an alliance through marriage!

Laszlo's breathing became rapid.

"Hey, which noble of the Ming Dynasty is that?" Laszlo pointed to the front.

The official from the Honglu Temple said: "That is the most distinguished princess of the Ming Dynasty. Her Royal Highness is very frugal and only brought a small part of the ceremonial guards with her when she went out. The man next to her is her husband, the most outstanding scholar of the Ming Dynasty."

“Looks very young,” Laszlo said.

The official from the Honglu Temple laughed and said, "Of course he is young, he is only eighteen years old."

"An eighteen-year-old scholar?" Laszlo asked in surprise.

The official of the Honglu Temple said: "Prince Consort Xie was selected as Jade Scholar at the age of 16, and as Furong Scholar at the age of 17. Don't think he is a noble. He is just an ordinary commoner who became famous because of his knowledge, and met and married the princess."

Laszlo asked, “What amazing contribution did he make?”

The official of the Honglu Temple laughed and said, "You won't understand even if I tell you. Let me tell you something you can understand. If Prince Consort Xie went to your country, he could easily build a firearms unit for you. This is just one of his most insignificant talents."

Xie Yan and the princess got off the car at the school gate, and now, surrounded by their entourage, they were walking towards this side hand in hand.

Zhu Tangxi, wearing a golden crown and gorgeous clothes, made Laszlo stare at her. Her graceful and noble temperament and demeanor made him feel that Western princesses were all country girls.

The officials of the Honglu Temple saw this and couldn't help but look down on him: What a bumpkin!

Bumpkin, very easy to deceive.

After discussions a few days ago, the Ming Dynasty's rulers and ministers decided to build a Turkic holy land in Gansu.

Don’t talk about the Turks rising from the Altai Mountains. The ancestry of the Ashina family can be traced back to Lake Baikal.

Those places are too remote!
Just create a holy place in the Hexi Corridor, and even make artificial relics, and then say that it is the ancestral land of all Turks.

Today, from the Eurasian steppes to Persia and Egypt, the most capable fighters are all Turks. Building a holy place in Gansu can attract them to worship their ancestors.

It feels like a pilgrimage.

Xie Yan glanced at Laszlo on the side of the road and was quite curious about his Gothic outfit.

It feels like I’ve seen it somewhere.

It should be in a computer game, who knows which Western country the costume is from.

Zhu Tangxi also glanced at Laszlo. She had no interest in this kind of foreigner. Now she just wanted to hurry to the auditorium. There would be a piano performance at the opening ceremony. Yang Linzhi would play "To Tangxi" in public for the first time.

First, she had black hair and then the piano expressed her love. She liked the Imperial Academy more and more.

(End of this chapter)