The third emperor of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 131 Detour
"The next official went north, entrusted by the Zheng family of Xingyang, and asked His Highness a question: If the Zheng family of Xingyang accepts His Highness's conditions, can the children of the Zheng family participate in the scientific examination? Can they go north and live in peace?"

After talking about Yang Tan's state affairs, Pei Shiqing suddenly cupped his fists expectantly.

"Haha!" Hearing this, Yang Tong laughed wildly, and teased: "Didn't they say that I, Yang Tong, are domineering, violent, vicious, arrogant, and today's Xia Jie and Shang Zhou? Now they want to compromise with me." gone."

Pei Shiqing's face was flushed red, he was speechless, and said to himself, the trend of the times, no compromise!

Seeing Pei Shiqing's silence, Yang Tong chuckled, but his heart was bright.

In the seventh year of Daye, Wang Bo raised troops in Qijun, Liu Badao, Sun Anzu, Gao Shida, Zhang Jincheng, Dou Jiande raised troops in Jizhou, in the same year, Zhai Rang raised troops in Dongjun, Wang Dangren, Wang Bodang, Li Gongyi, Zhou Wenju and others The names of the insurgents are innumerable.

Since then, the world has been in turmoil, and the people have not chatted. In the troubled times, the families of the five surnames and seven clans who have been handed down poetry and prose have been devastated, and they have fled in all directions.

Today, Qingzhou, which has lost order, has become the battlefield of Wang Bo, Xu Yuanlang, and Dou Jiande; the Central Plains has become a place where Li Mi and the Southern Sui Dynasty compete. Yang Tan will never end well if he follows the family.

Where can they get a foothold?

Jiangnan?

It was where Yu Wenhuaji, Du Fuwei, Li Zitong, and Shen Faxing competed, and it was very chaotic. The traditional sphere of influence of the Jiangnan gentry, such as Wang Xie Lugu, would not do anything if they went there.

Jingzhou?

It is the arena for Xiao Xian, Lin Shihong and others.

Guanzhong?

Although there are dangers in the four fortresses, it seems that it is not safe. There are Liang Shidu and Guo Zihe in the north, Xue Ju and Li Gui in the west, Zhu Can, the man-eating monster in the south, Yang Yu in the east, and everything else is small. Power, I am afraid of Yang Tong, because the Taiyuan Wang family supported Li Yuan, the elders were wiped out by him, and the younger ones were exiled to the border county. Whether they can survive, only God knows.If he goes to join Li Yuan himself, if Li Yuan loses again, he will end up like Taiyuan Wang's.

The important thing is that the nobles of Guanlong are extremely unfriendly to the Guandong, because the nobles of the Guandong were once Yang Guang's lackeys against the nobles of Guanlong. When they are in the enemy's land, can everyone have a good life?

After much deliberation, the Northern Sui Dynasty, which ruled Jizhou, Youzhou, and Bingzhou, is the safest. As long as there is a glimmer of hope, they will fight for it, and they will agree to even the harshest conditions. At this time, survival is the most important thing.

As for power, are you afraid of not having it?

As long as he, Yang Tong, allowed the children of the gentry to participate in the scientific examination in private name, with the learning conditions of the children without worrying about food and clothing, wouldn't it be better than the poor scholars who study and farm at the same time?
Why did Yang Jian and Yang Guang's imperial examinations fail?

The root lies in education!The advantages of education are concentrated in the hands of aristocratic families who have no worries about food and clothing. Unless the underprivileged are particularly outstanding, they have a chance, but this is only rare. If Yang Tong relaxes the door control now, the underprivileged from the poor will have no advantage at all.If the nobles Han Shu are treated equally, the world will still be ruled by the nobles.

In the history of the Wu De Zhen Guan two dynasties, why is the imperial examination dispensable?It is nothing more than fear that, like the Sui Dynasty, it will be thankless, and the imperial examination will still become a ladder for the children of the aristocratic family.

If Yang Tong agreed to the request of the so-called "Xingyang Zheng Clan", then these Kanto gentry would flock here, and if they had the opportunity to become an official, they would form a thread and weave a network.

Two generations, no, only one generation, the gentry revived.

obviously!
It was Pei Shiqing who saw that he was doing business with them, and mistakenly thought that the restriction had been loosened, so he used the excuse of "Xingyang Zheng's" to find out.But Yang Tong, who took the initiative, also felt that this was an opportunity to find out.

"What benefits can 'Zheng Shi' do for me?"

"All the strength of the family supports His Highness to rule the world." Pei Shiqing said word by word. Just as Yang Tong expected, this was indeed a sudden thought on his part. As far as the Zheng family of Xingyang is concerned, even if the cooperation fails, it will not tear face.But he felt that it was not enough, and added meaningfully: "I heard that His Highness is diligent in administration, and Jizhou, Youzhou, and Bingzhou have the prosperity they are now. It's just that state affairs must be virtuous, and children are also very important."

Yang Tong chuckled, "According to Mr...."

"I don't dare to make decisions for Your Highness, but I feel that His Highness should quickly find a few more gentle and virtuous women. Your Highness doesn't have a son and a half daughter. I guess the courtiers under His Highness should be in a hurry! If you don't take advantage of your youth to have more children If a prince comes out, who will we give these thousands of miles of land in the future?" Pei Shiqing said with a smile: "Your Highness, the girls cultivated by the Zheng family in Xingyang are very good."

Marriage has always been a means for aristocratic clans to consolidate their status, especially for the seven top gentry clans known as the five surnames and seven clans.

The girls of the five surnames lost their freedom as soon as they were born: they received the best scholarly education and the best etiquette as children, and at the same time they had to accept all kinds of brainwashing that always put the interests of the family first.Therefore, most of the women with the five surnames are knowledgeable, elegant, elegant, and elegant. They are all good at piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry, poetry, embroidery, cooking and medicine. They can be described perfectly, and they can be called a model among women. .

But they have only three values. The first is to intermarry with other gentry to ensure the purity of the blood, and they can also intertwine the interests of the gentry, forming a interdependent relationship of sympathy and sympathy.Secondly, he promised geniuses, demon talents, and ghost talents from foreign surnames and poor families, so that he could take them for his own use and tie them firmly to his own chariot.

Just because the women of the five surnames have a predetermined place to go, only a very small number of them live outside, so since the Jin Dynasty, people all over the world have been proud of marrying a woman of the five surnames, proud of having a wife with almost perfect character, and using this Demonstrate your identity, status, strength, and influence!

In the Zhenguan Dynasty, the Cui family of Qinghe, who ranked first among the gentry, still disdained to marry the royal family of the Li family, which shows how rampant they are.With the royal family as a negative teaching material, the status of the gentry and women of the five surnames naturally soared. Even Xue Yuanchao, the prime minister during the Li Zhi period, enjoyed all the glory and wealth in his life, but regretted not being able to marry a woman of the five surnames all his life.

Although it is not so arrogant and crazy now, but under the advertising effect of the promotion of the five surnames, the rarity of the rare, and the aristocratic propaganda, the five surnames are still the supreme brand among women.

"A girl with five surnames?" Yang Tong laughed!
Pei Shiqing smiled while smearing his beard, "That's right! My daughter."

Yang Tong nodded and said, "It's indeed a good thing."

Pei Shiqing's smile froze, and he was caught in the entanglement of things and not things.

"No blessing!" Yang Tong said indifferently: "First of all, this king hates, hates the kind of scheming and scheming woman who does not hesitate to dig out the foundation of her husband's family to fill up her mother's family; Don't open the door to the core of power, so put the idea on my future son, first work together to kill the other sons, then push the son of the girl with five surnames to the position of King Qin's son, and then kill me, the old man, and finally , Let that son give 'Zheng' a great position! The route 'Zheng' is going to take is the same as your Pei's giving his sister-in-law to Brother Yan. In fact, you have done this since ancient times. It is very old-fashioned. Nothing new."

Yang Tong chuckled: "Taiyuan's Wang family is over, and your Pei family is half dead! How strong can the Zheng family be? In terms of playing tricks, I, Yang Tong, are no worse than you old foxes. The most important thing is that I have 20 With thousands of soldiers and tens of thousands of people as weapons, as long as I use soldiers to enter the Central Plains as an excuse, even if brother Yan Wang does not know how to do it, Wang Shichong can make the Zheng family extinct! So, in the face of absolute strength, conspiracy is nothing. "

Pei Shiqing smiled wryly in his heart, he really didn't know how a young man could think like a five or sixty-year-old old man who could see through everything... He forced a smile and said, "Even if His Highness forbids it, the sons of the gentry can still use the name of poor man." Participate in the scientific examination."

"Not long ago, there were indeed many people who pretended to be poor scholars to participate in the scientific examination, and participated in the selection of fifth-rank bachelors in the 'Three Pavilions and One Pavilion'. The result! Guess what?" Yang Tong laughed: "I arranged a very good one for them. Duties—go to Xiangping County to mine mines for 50 years, and some people have become my eyes to distinguish between true and false, and I will verify one person, and my sentence will be reduced by half a year.”

"Knowing that the king is short of people, he actually sent me nearly a thousand miners. I really appreciate the 'Zheng's'!"

Yang Tong smiled grimly. The household registration can be faked, but it is not difficult to tell the real from the fake. The color of the hands and face, calluses, walking posture, and demeanor are all the differences between the children of the noble family and the poor. You can tell the difference with a little attention!

If they came to mess things up in an open and honest manner, Yang Tong would have laughed it off, but the evil attempt of infiltrating officials against Wu is unforgivable.

Hearing these words, Pei Shiqing was terrified. Are there any disciples of the Pei family here?Of course there is!We must go back as soon as possible to discuss the remedy with everyone.

(End of this chapter)