Doctor of the Great Song Dynasty: In the beginning, Li Qingzhao and Li Qingzhao made a private decis

Chapter 361 The Strongest Son-in-law Su Dun

"Su Dun, the son of Su University Scholar, is interested in becoming the consort!"

As soon as this news came out, the entire city of Kaifeng was in an uproar!
"Prince Consort! How is this possible?"

Everyone looked in disbelief when they heard the news. If you ask Kaifeng people's forensic doctor Su Dun, some people may not know it. If you ask the son of a great scholar Su, I'm afraid everyone will know it. No famous scholar is willing to be a prince-in-law.

Not to mention that Su Dun was the youngest son of Su Shi, and could be said to be one of the most powerful officials in the Song Dynasty. Not to mention that Su Dun, a forensic doctor, could be said to have solved countless cases in the Criminal Division, and now he has become the general judge of Kaifeng Prefecture on the basis of the county magistrates all over the world. He is a rising star in the court, so how could he destroy his future and become a prince-in-law?

Many people's eyes flashed, thinking of Su Dun's proposal to become a forensic doctor. Could it be that Su Dun knew that his move had offended officials all over the world, knew that his official career was hopeless, and was prepared to give the prince a soft meal?

Many officials nodded secretly. Apart from this reason, they could not think of any reason that could make Su Dun give up on himself and choose the Prince Consort.

in the palace.

"Who do you think wants the consort?"

Concubine Zhu was also overjoyed when she heard the news and couldn't believe it.

"Concubine, you heard me right, Su Dun, the son of the Su University Scholar, is interested in marrying the consort!" Zhao Xu affirmed.

"Has the official news been confirmed?" Concubine Zhu asked again and again.

She loves her daughter Zhao Rou, Princess of Xu State, the most, and wants to find a good son-in-law for her baby daughter. However, when Su Dun appears, Princess Zhu can't help but worry about gains and losses.

Without him!Just because Su Dun is too outstanding compared to the previous Song Dynasty princes-in-law, no!Even compared to the younger generation of young talents in Kaifeng City, Su Dun is also the top existence.

One of the three heroes of the medical revolution, he solved the cotton poisoning case in the palace, pioneered the fingerprint method to solve the case, and combined forensic medicine to repeatedly solve strange cases. He is a rising star in the Ministry of Punishment. How can such a promising young official be willing to serve as the prince's consort? .

Zhao Xu nodded and said: "This is the matchmaker protected by Fan Taicheng himself!"

"Fan Taicheng!"

Concubine Zhu breathed a sigh of relief. She had also heard about Fan Zheng for a long time. In addition, Fan Taicheng helped the officials a lot, and he and Su Dun were as close as brothers. Therefore, the news was quite reliable.

"Could it be that Su Dun has some hidden illness?" Zhu Taifei still said worriedly.

Zhao Xu shook his head and said: "How can I let my sister make the same mistake as my aunt? This is Su Dun's background and reputation.

When Zhao Xu sent Su Dun's background information, Concubine Zhu quickly took it and looked at it carefully, she couldn't help but beam with joy.

Su Dun was frail and sickly since he was a child. He studied medicine to strengthen his body with the imperial physician Cheng Qian Yi, and later followed Fan Zheng to become a forensic scientist. He was a man of integrity and solved many unjust cases, not to mention a metaphorical poem "Linjiang Immortal" handed down to the world.

More importantly, such a young talent has never been engaged or taken a concubine. It is difficult to find such a good match even if you look around the world.

"Then what are you waiting for? Let Rou'er and Su Dun get engaged directly!" Concubine Zhu said impatiently.

Zhao Xu shook his head and said: "Don't be anxious, mother and concubine. It is no longer a matter of a day or two for me, the Royal Princess of the Song Dynasty, to get married. Now that Xu Guo has found a good match, what about Fuqing and Dekang in the future? Do they still need to be married? Like my aunt, marry a dandy or an ungrateful Chen Shimei?"

Everyone knows that a consort like Su Dun is rare to see in a hundred years, and if the consort system remains unchanged, what Fu Qing and Dekang will encounter in the future will definitely be Chen Shimei and his ilk.

"What does the emperor mean?" Concubine Zhu asked puzzledly.

"If we want the princesses of the Song Dynasty to have a consort with good moral character and talent in the future, let the talents in the world be proud to have a consort!" Zhao Xu said with firm eyes.

Not only for Princess Xu, but also for her two daughters, and even the future princess of the Song Dynasty, the problem of her consort must be solved once and for all.

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One day there will be a court meeting, and hundreds of officials will come to court!Su Shi, the Minister of Rites, suddenly became the focus of the court.

"Congratulations to Mr. Su, your son Su Dun and Princess Xu are a match made in heaven!"

"In the future, the Su family will be relatives of the emperor. Brother Su is the wife of an official, and your son has made Princess Xu Guo's consort. It's like a close relationship."

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Many officials said they were complimentary, but in fact they were sarcastic towards Su Shi. After all, any scholar-bureaucrat who had some pursuits would be ashamed of advocating for the prince-in-law.

Su Shi has always had a high opinion of himself, and he offended many people with his big mouth. In addition, Su Shi was biased towards neutrality, which was not tolerated by the old party, and now he was inconsistent with the ideas of the new party. He made many enemies in the court. Now the officials finally found a way to take revenge. Opportunities arose, and they all ridiculed Su Shi.

Facing the ridicule from the officials, Su Shi looked embarrassed, but he was not angry at Su Dun.

When Su Dun was a child, he was frail and sickly, and was critically ill several times. Su Shi did not have many demands on him. He only wanted him to grow up healthily, so he allowed him to study medicine in the Imperial Medical Bureau!

Su Shi met Fan Zheng and became a forensic doctor, which was an unexpected surprise for Su Shi. Not to mention that Su Dun was already in the spotlight as a criminal officer, so he could no longer ask Su Shi for anything more. Taller.

Now, even though he couldn't understand Su Dun's decision to marry the consort, he still chose to support Su Dun as always.

Su Shi suppressed the anger in his heart, snorted coldly, and strode into Chui Gong Hall.

"The ministers are waiting to see the officials!"

All officials paid homage one after another.

"All my dear friends, stand up!"

Zhao Xuxu raised his right hand and said.

After the monarch and his ministers jointly handled the affairs of the court, Zhao Xu said slowly: "I heard that the world's extra son-in-law is extremely miserable, and innocent people are implicated! It violates the law of household marriage, and I have decided to abolish the punishment of the extra son-in-law in the world and let him return to the ordinary marriage. thing."

"Abolish the penalty for taking a bride-in-law!"

All the officials couldn't help but be stunned. They didn't expect that the official family would personally pay attention to the little son-in-law, which made them a little confused.

Cai Jing stepped forward and said: "If you marry a son-in-law to an official family, your daughter's husband will be compared to your son, just like a wart on a person. It's just leftovers. Moreover, since ancient times, the punishment for a son-in-law is to do hard labor, be sent to the army, and be sent to the army. How can this be allowed?" Easily abolished.”

Zhao Xu sneered and said, "Xiangong Wang once said that there is no need to fear changes in nature, no law for ancestors, and no compassion for people's words. Now, has even the New Party become complacent?"

Hearing Zhao Xu's merciless refutation, the expressions of everyone in the new party suddenly changed. They did not expect that the official family's determination to protect their adopted son-in-law was so serious.

Lu Dafang frowned and motioned slightly to Yang Wei, only to see Yang Wei say: "If you tell the official family that you have a son-in-law, you should not be in your wife's house. It's like having a wart on your body and you don't own it."

The old party is extremely conservative and despises the son-in-law who violates the Three Cardinal Principles and Five Standing Orders. Naturally, he looks down upon the son-in-law.Zhao Xu retorted: "Since such a son-in-law is harmful and useless, how about using Yang Aiqing's words to order the world to abolish the son-in-law?"

"Ah!" Yang Wei was shocked. Although they despised the bridal son-in-law, they also knew that the bridal son-in-law made up for the shortcomings of a man marrying a woman and was irreplaceable at some point. If it was spread that he demanded the abolition of the bridal son-in-law, it would definitely be infamy for thousands of years. .

"It is absolutely forbidden to apply to an official family. Although a son-in-law has a low status, half of the children in the world are boys and girls. Coupled with various accidents, there are many people who do not have boys in the family. Recruiting a son-in-law can pass on the incense and is beneficial to the country. ." Su Song stood up and said pertinently.

Zhao Xu sneered and said: "Since it is beneficial to the country and can make up for the shortcomings of a man marrying a woman, the court should affirm the adoption of a son-in-law instead of suppressing it!"

All the officials fell silent immediately. According to the feudal concept, a son-in-law was married from a man to the daughter's family, and the children born to the woman followed the woman and could only return to the clan after three generations. This was against Confucian etiquette.

In addition, the adopted son-in-law is free labor and military service, and the Confucian etiquette is despised. The court officials suppressed the adopted son-in-law, but they did not expect that Zhao Xu would defend the adopted son-in-law so firmly, which made all the officials worried about this. For doubt.

Zhao Xu nodded and said: "In addition to abolishing the punishment of the son-in-law and restoring the reputation of the son-in-law, I intend to reform the system of the son-in-law, abolishing the fact that the son-in-law of the dynasty is not a real official, and changing it to the fact that the son-in-law cannot be an official, as long as the son-in-law has real credentials. Practical learning can reach the third level."

"Furthermore, after the princess becomes the consort, her status is like that of an ordinary couple. The wife needs to obey her husband, respect her parents-in-law, and must not rely on her status as a princess to act arrogantly."

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As Zhao Xu introduced the reform system one by one, the whole court could not help but be in an uproar.

At this moment, all the officials thought about why the official family would try their best to rehabilitate the son-in-law and restore their reputation. The prince-in-law and the prince-in-law are almost the same. Now that the people's view of the prince-in-law has greatly changed, there is no conflict between the prince-in-law and the prince-in-law.

Not to mention that although the Prince Consort is not allowed to be the chief official, he can be an official up to the third rank. This is not tailor-made for Su Dun. It is a dual cultivation of medicine and law. From the punishment department to the general sentence, he is not the chief officer. There is no need to be the Prince Consort. As for resigning from the official position, the highest achievement is only the position of Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, which happens to be the position of the third rank.

What shocked the officials even more was the restriction on princesses and wives to obey their husbands and respect their parents-in-law.

Su Shi suddenly opened his eyes wide and looked at Zhao Xu in disbelief. According to the official reform system of consorts, it seems that having a consort is not a bad thing.

All the officials in the court were suddenly filled with bitterness. They had all ridiculed Su Shi just now, but they did not expect that they were the clowns now. In order for Su Dun to be the consort, the officials took the initiative to reform the consort system. This is simply incredible.

"The officials are wise!" Su Shi breathed a sigh of relief and stepped forward solemnly.

All the officials couldn't help but sigh, it seemed that the marriage was going to happen.

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Kaifeng Prefecture’s General Judgment!

Many officials looked at Su Dun with pity.

"Shang Consort!"

Many officials sneered in their hearts. Everyone knew that once a consort was appointed to the throne in the Song Dynasty, it would be impossible for him to serve as an official in the court. At most, he would just take a few idle posts and wait to die. No officials with any ambition would choose to be appointed to the throne. Prince Consort.

"Su Tongpan, is there any reason why there are rumors in the government and the public that you are preparing to marry the consort?" an official asked in disbelief.

Su Dun's expression remained unchanged and said: "It is indeed true! The gentle lady and gentleman are very jealous. Now that Princess Xu is about to become the consort, and Su is not married yet, there will naturally be this opportunity, but it is still unclear whether the princess can fall in love with Su. You know."

"Master Su is joking. Master Su is a master of forensic medicine and is a famous young talent in Kaifeng City! Congratulations to Master Su, the consort and the princess will definitely make a good story in the future." An official said to Su Dun in a strange way.

Su Dun's proposal to reform the legal system and implement the appeal system and the second instance system can be said to have offended the officials with real power in the world. All the officials have long been dissatisfied with him. Now that Su Dun has chosen the prince-in-law who is despised by all the scholar-bureaucrats, he is naturally dissatisfied with it. Its cynicism.

Su Dun didn't know what the officials were thinking. He smiled coldly and was about to retort when he saw a junior official coming to report: "Su Tongpan, the prefect has invited me!"

Hearing that Fan Chunli had invited Su Dun, all the officials were shocked. They could ignore Su Dun, but they were in awe of Fan Chunli.

When Su Dun heard this, he stood up immediately and followed the clerk to the front office.

"Su Dun has met Magistrate Fan!"

Su Dun said respectfully and politely.

"Are you really determined to have a consort?" Fan Chunli asked.

Fan Chunli looked at Su Dun with a look of pity. Su Dun was already a sixth-rank official at a young age. Looking at the Song Dynasty, there were only a handful of them. Not to mention his unique medical skills in solving crimes. If he were the Prince Consort, he would never have the opportunity to display his knowledge. "

"Yes!" Su Dun replied.

Fan Chunli suddenly frowned and said: "The reformist you proposed is also admired by this prefect. However, since ancient times, reformers have always been questioned. Although you proposed the second instance system, although it offended officials all over the world, in Kaifeng Prefecture, I believe that there are no People can make things difficult for you, and you can show your talents, so why should you destroy your future?"

Fan Chunli was very optimistic about Su Dun and was unwilling to give up his great future.

Su Dun cupped his hands and said, "Thank you Uncle Fan for your kindness. Suggesting the Prince Consort is Brother Fan's evil recipe for my nephew. My nephew believes in Brother Fan!"

"This pervert!"

Fan Chunli said angrily. He originally tried to persuade Su Dun with good intentions, but he didn't expect that his own rebellious son would do something good!
At this moment, the imperial decree was issued and reached Kaifeng Mansion immediately.

"Abolish the punishment for son-in-law and reform the system of son-in-law!" Fan Chunli looked at the decree in his hand and looked at Su Dun in disbelief.

He never expected that the royal family would directly change the world's punishment for a son-in-law, and also change the system of the son-in-law in order to let Su Dun become the son-in-law.

Su Dun smiled slightly when he saw this. Before this, he was naturally worried about Shang's consort, but fortunately, Fan Zheng once again proved that his evil side was invincible.

As long as he succeeds as the Prince Consort, not only will his official career be intact, but he will also have the golden body of the royal family, and the corrupt officials in the world will no longer be able to threaten him, and his legalists will no longer have any obstacles to his reform.

When Su Dun came out of Fan Chunli's office, the entire Kaifeng mansion looked at Su Dun with awe. It was obvious that they had also received the order from the court.

"In order to recruit Su Dun as their consort, the royal family actually........."

An official said in disbelief. They originally thought that Su Dun would destroy his future. Who would have thought that the royal family would take the initiative to cater to Su Dun.

"Then Su Dun will still serve as the general judge of Kaifeng Mansion from now on!"

All the officials lamented that with Su Dun's sharp sword, all the officials were frightened. Originally, they could use small means to slander Su Dun. If Su Dun was the consort, then no one would be able to stop Su Dun.

"We absolutely cannot let Su Dun escape from his consort?"

Many officials looked at each other and nodded tacitly.

(End of this chapter)