Zhenguan Crown Prince Li Chengqian

Chapter 467
As for the matter between the left guard commander Shi Cuixing and the school lieutenant Liu Jun, it can be said that it is not uncommon in the Tang Dynasty. It can be said that the public says that the public is right, and the mother-in-law says that the mother-in-law is right. .

Why do you say that, the people of the Tang Dynasty value their promises, and since they promised this marriage, there is no reason not to promise.But what Cui Xing did was also right. It has always been the case with intermarriage between aristocratic families and common clans. Although he was not from the eldest family of the Cui family, there should be pomp and ostentation.

If you don't have a decent accompanying family, then don't come to propose marriage. Even if Lao Tzu's daughter dies at home and never gets married, she can't lose the value of the Cui family!
So what is the family wealth? In the Tang Dynasty, when the dowry was given, the difference in family background was exchanged for money, that is, "accompanying wealth".In layman's terms, as a child of a common family, if you want to intermarry with a high-ranking family, you must pay a high dowry to make up for the gap in status.

It was very common in the Tang Dynasty that those noble families asked the other party to pay a certain amount of "accompanying money" when they asked for a marriage marriage.Founding heroes such as Wei Zheng, Fang Xuanling, and Cheng Zhijie married the daughters of aristocratic families only by paying a large amount of family money.

Therefore, if there is no large amount of money, the noble family will not intermarry with the poor family no matter what.It is not surprising that Li Chengqian, who was in the Tang Dynasty, saw older single dogs, it can be said that they can be found everywhere.

In fact, the emperor also introduced some special measures against this kind of unhealthy tendencies in the world, such as revising the "Clan History" to re-plan the hierarchy of each family, so as to weaken the influence of the aristocratic families among the people.He even did not hesitate to stipulate in the form of the law that the two parties in the marriage should not ask for too high a bride price.

But in fact, even the emperor's golden words seem to be unable to change the "accompanying wealth" system that flourished in the Tang Dynasty.

After listening to Liu Jun's narration, Li Shimin slapped down on the case fiercely, and said angrily: "You bastard, did you take what I said as wind on your ears? Everyone is obedient and disobedient, superficially obeying my will, secretly thinking of something Do whatever you want.

Gao Ming, go and tie that bastard Cui Xing to me, how much face do I want their Cui family to have, how dare they ask for so much money! "

It has been ten years since Li Shimin ascended the throne. What is different from the beginning of Zhenguan is that the aristocratic families have gone from positively resisting the emperor's policies to silently protesting now.Whatever you say is fine, as long as it is what you say in the court, we all agree, who makes you the emperor and is ordered by the sky.

But it's hard to say if it's under court, as long as no one gets out, we'll still do it our own way.Let's take the matter of intermarriage as an example. The emperor decreed that five families and seven surnames are not allowed to intermarry with each other. Okay, that's no problem. Let's go back and adopt the daughter-in-law, and then take it back as a foster daughter. That's no problem, right?

In this way, looking for loopholes in the language, the aristocratic family played a game with the emperor, Ming Xiu plank road and dark Chen Cang.

It's useless, in Li Chengqian's view, even Cui Xing, who can manage, can solve this marriage, so what can he do?

What's the use of merely compiling the "Clan Records" and formulating a few laws? If you manage the world, you can still find someone to marry and marry. In the Tang Dynasty, marrying a family girl is a fashion that everyone pursues How can you change everyone's value orientation just because of your likes and dislikes!

Therefore, Li Chengqian took two steps forward, cupped his hands and said: "Father, Cui Xing is just an example, if Father uses imperial power to suppress him today, he will be convinced.

The son asked the father to rest his anger for a while, and listened to the son. If the father was still not satisfied after hearing this, the son personally went to Beiya to kill the dishonest servant for the father. "

"Okay, let me hear what my Qilinzi has to say." After speaking, Li Shimin, who was sitting on the dragon chair, gave his son a blank look, and he had a way not to say it earlier. Seeing my father lose his composure like this, it's really embarrassing.What you say today is justified, if you say something wrong, hey, let's see how I will clean up that good skin for you.

"My son's plan is good, but I have to make my father sacrifice a little bit for it. My son knows that you have always cherished feathers. This plan is a bit, a bit."

Well, looking at his son's appearance, Li Shimin already knew it. This bastard probably came up with some sinister tricks to deal with these aristocratic families, and it was definitely a trick that would make him notorious.

Forget it, I have used all the methods I can use, and the effect is too general, let's see how damaging this bastard's trick is!
So, after waving to Liu Jun and telling him to wait outside first, Li Shimin said calmly: "As long as I can destroy the marriages of those aristocratic families, it doesn't matter if I bear some bad reputation!"

After listening to the emperor's all-encompassing words, Li Chengqian let out a sigh of relief. He has a solution, but there are also problems. If such benefits can be exchanged for the emperor's bad reputation, Li Chengqian said it indifferently. come out.But if this trick is said, it will offend the queen mother, and Li Chengqian would be afraid to avoid her trick of raising ears.

"My son thought it would not be difficult to dismantle the offensive and defensive alliances established by the various families due to the marriage. Since the matter started from the marriage, it is the best strategy to start with the marriage."

Li Chengqian's meaning was very clear, the emperor was in the prime of his spring and autumn, and every year he would select someone with both sex and art skills from among the newcomers to the palace to serve as a low-ranking concubine.But after all, these people were born in small families, and they are far behind compared to the women of aristocratic families in terms of conversation alone, not to mention other aspects.

If this is the case, it is not as good as the following decree. From now on, women who are married to each other can marry freely, but every time they marry, they must send a woman of the same background to serve the emperor in the palace. Let's see how these bastards will marry in the future.If you marry one, you will lose one, even if you can live again, so what, I will see how you will do this business in the future.

If one knew that almost all of these aristocratic daughters made marriages before Jiji, and the two parties had a marriage certificate, they could not go back on their word. Once the emperor issued such an imperial decree, the engaged parties would not have to fight in order to withdraw the marriage.

Who is willing to add daughters to the bottomless pit of the palace like this? According to the emperor's temper, even if he married a hundred daughters from aristocratic families, he would take care of the aristocratic families as he should, and would not lead them at all.In this way, not only can't achieve the effect of strengthening the alliance, but it will also make everyone lose their wives and lose their troops. After that, they will have a fart marriage.

In addition to these, the emperor also added a point to the marriage between the aristocratic family and the common people. Anyone who wanted to accompany the family's wealth would be doubled in penalty and had to send two people into the palace.Don't you want money?Okay, then suffer on people!

A strategy is a good strategy, but there is a problem. From now on, the emperor will be like those stupid kings in the history books, bearing the name of lustful, and will not be inferior to any generation of stupid kings.

Let me give you an example. Once the emperor did this, it would be the same as King Zhou’s request for princes to present beautiful women, and this reputation may not be much better than others. You must know that most of the scholars in this world But come from a family!
After stroking his beard, Li Shimin asked lightly: "The plan is good, but why is it Zhen? Wouldn't it be good for Zhen to let them send their daughter to the East Palace?"

"Father, of course you can do this, but the effect may be counterproductive. After all, the position of the crown prince of the generation of son-in-law is determined, and there will be no good for marrying.

For the next generation, if a child of their blood can become the prince, then this business is not worth doing.Uh, you know, they are famous for their patience, so I think it's better to let them... "

"Have you calculated people's hearts to this point?" Li Shimin looked at his son with complicated sunshine, this bastard has already mastered the tricks.

"Father, the alliance between the family must be consolidated by marriage. They have no choice, so they are destined to be managed and used by the son-in-law, because they have no choice. The only solution is only one, that is Compromise and submit to the emperor in an all-round way.".
(End of this chapter)