Traveling through the early Tang Dynasty starts with hanging

Chapter 488 The Lantern Festival

Generally speaking, everything in this world has its troughs and peaks, and it always shows a peak and valley.

Even the aristocratic family is no exception.

The patriarchal system originated in the Han Dynasty and was established in the Wei and Jin Dynasties. After hundreds of years of evolution from north to south, it quickly disappeared after reaching its peak in the prosperous Tang Dynasty.

In the nearly thousand years, the family of the powerful family has not always been on top. The Xie family of Chenjun, which supported half of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, has now declined. middle.

Even today's five surnames and seven families are not without internal struggles, such as the Pei family in Hedong... The West Family House, Pei Ji and Pei Shiju are the last glory of this house. Under the black hands.

Externally, although they are designated as high-ranking families in the country, in the long period of time, there are also a few families who can stand shoulder to shoulder with the five surnames and seven families, and even faintly rise to a higher level.

For example, the Hongnong Yang family in the Sui Dynasty.

Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty Yang Jian usurped the throne and claimed to be from the Hongnong Yang family... Regardless of whether this identity is true or not, at least the power of the Hongnong Yang family has risen sharply.

Later generations once commented on the two founding monarchs Yang Jian and Li Yuan in this way. The former was generous, while the latter had no power to make decisions.

Indeed, in fact, many people are well aware of the gold content of Yang Jian, the so-called Hongnong Yang family... But the problem is that after Yang Jian came to power, members of the Hongnong Yang family held the position of Zongzhengqing for a long time, such as destroying Chen Po Turks. Minister Yang Su, for example, Yang Xiong, the Guan Wang who passed down the Hongnong Yang family's Guan Wangfang.

As for Li Yuan, he brazenly called himself the Li family of Longxi, but the position of Zong Zhengqing was always held by the sons of the clan. Even if he couldn't find a suitable candidate now, he would rather give it to his relative Fufeng Dou...

It is precisely because of Yang Jian's generosity, and also because of the death of Sui Dynasty II, that the Hongnong Yang family's power in the court was extremely prosperous in the early Tang Dynasty when the Sui and Tang Dynasties were in communication... Although it is not comparable to a double-faced family on the surface The famous Wenxi Pei family, but in fact the power behind the scenes is stronger.

For example, Li Tang's clan, the four most important people, Li Yuan and Li Jiancheng's harem concubines all have Hongnong Yang's daughter, Li Yuanji's first wife is Hongnong Yang's daughter, as for Li Shimin... Tsk tsk, this one There were as many as three Yang's daughters in the harem in the original time and space, although one of them was not canonized until his death.

Just counting in Guanwangfang, among Yang Xiong’s heirs, there is Zhongshu Ling Yang Gongren, there is Yang Shidao who was the Minister of the Ministry of Officials and later became the prime minister during the Zhenguan period, and there is Yang Xu, the governor of Yunzhou. A granddaughter and a granddaughter are all in the back hall of the Qin Palace. One granddaughter is the concubine of King Qi, and there were four captains-in-laws within two generations.

Even Yang Xiong's younger brother, Yang Da, had a daughter who married a prince who started as a businessman, and gave birth to the only female emperor in 5000 years.

In these generations of the Hongnong Yang family, the men are more talented and the women are all over the country. Although the centripetal force is far less than that of the five surnames and seven families, they have formed a big impenetrable net.

Therefore, upon hearing such rude reprimand from Mrs. Zhu, many people in the surrounding crowd showed unswerving expressions... Although most of the people attending the banquet today have some friendship with Mrs. Zhu.

There is no way, the Hongnong Yang family has too many contacts, and the grandson who hosted the banquet and posted the post was very speechless. Her aunt is the first wife of the former Sui Guan Wang Yang Xiong, that is to say, the Qi who was reprimanded by Zhu Concubine Yang has to call Changsun a cousin.

Today, the Changsun family hosted a banquet and invited Princess Qin, Mrs. Marquis of Nan'an County, and Cui Xin's wife Zhang, but I didn't expect that Dongshan Temple's lantern riddles are quite famous, and many noble ladies came to the door. In the end, even the Crown Princess and Princess Qi arrived. .

Well, the aunt of Crown Princess Zheng Guanyin is Yang Su's official wife.

Today Dongshan Temple was clearing the venue, and all the girls were strolling around to enjoy lantern riddles, but they heard the commotion and gathered here one after another.

In the crowd, looking at Mrs. Zhu who was standing still and staring at Mrs. Zhang, Mrs. Zhang stopped and held her daughter's hand slightly... Uh, among her sisters-in-law is Hongnong Yang's, and an aunt in her mother's family is also from Hongnong Yang.

However, what Mrs. Zhang thinks in her heart now is...a widowed mother and only son... With such a mother-in-law, her daughter's life may not be easy in the future!
Glancing at the stunned Crown Princess, Princess Qin frowned slightly, stepped forward and pulled Princess Qi, and said with a smile: "Today is the Lantern Festival..."

Before she could finish speaking, Princess Qi, whose face was flushed, had already scolded: "Country woman, how dare you speak nonsense..."

Standing there with a cold expression, Mrs. Zhu just took it as a deaf ear... The main thing was that Princess Qi's repeated scolding was only those few words, which had no lethal effect.

A plump woman standing behind asked in a low voice, "What's the dispute?"

Changsun shook her head slightly, she had been by Princess Qin's side all the time, she didn't quite know why the dispute started, but she knew that with Zhu's temperament, she would not get angry rashly.

Mrs. Hou of Nan'an County pointed to the small yard by the road and said in a low voice, "It seems that Princess Qi wanted to enter, and Miss Zhu came to stop her."

"Oh..." Mrs. Changsun suddenly understood.

That plump woman is Ying Guogong's wife Yang Shi, her grandmother is the aunt of the Changsun family, and Mrs. Hou of Nan'an County is also from the Changsun family.

Mrs. Yang was about to ask, but the courtyard door was suddenly pushed open, and a middle-aged woman in silk clothes and a plain crown walked out slowly, her expression as calm as water, "I have converted to Buddhism, why did my old man break in through the door?"

Although the Crown Princess, Princess Qin and others did not know this person, they immediately knew the identity of this person... Yang, the only person present who was slightly older, blurted out, "Nanyang..."

None of the people present were ordinary people, even if there was someone who was not well informed, they quickly whispered to each other and confirmed that this must be Princess Nanyang, the daughter of the former Sui Yang Emperor.

Countless lines of sight fell on Princess Qi... There were all sorts of strange things in her sight. Princess Nanyang was an emperor back then, with a noble status, while Princess Qi was the granddaughter of King Guan Yang Xiong, although her status was not low... But compared to Speaking of it, the difference is quite far, and the watchman Yang Xiong was quite suspicious of Yang Guang during the Daye period, and he had no actual position.

Now that the dynasties have changed, Princess Nanyang was abandoned by her husband, and her only son died tragically at the hands of Dou Jiande, and she ended up in a situation where the lonely lamp accompanied the Buddha... and Princess Qi, who was married to the third son of the Tang Emperor, came to visit at this time, and even wanted to break in after being rejected. , Who doesn't know this idea?
To put it nicely, this is to show off, to put it bluntly, it is called a villain who gets his ambition and becomes rampant.

The Crown Princess glanced sideways at Princess Qi, and both she and Princess Qin thought in their hearts... You must know that Princess Nanyang is also from the Hongnong Yang family, so there is nothing wrong with Zhu's reprimand!

At this time, Mrs. Hou of Nan'an County sighed: "I have heard for a long time that Li Shan of Dongshan used to do justice for his friends. I only know today that it is a family tradition."

This sentence is easy to understand. Princess Nanyang became a monk in Dongshan Temple, Zhu must be an insider. Before blocking Princess Qi from entering, she was repeatedly insulted by Princess Qi but refused to say a word. Embarrassed.

(End of this chapter)