Datang first village

Who has ever heard of female officials? A woman's appointment as an official is a challenge to a patriarchal society, a challenge to social rules, and a challenge to ethics.

But Datang has a female official very realistically.

In the beginning, the noble ladies of the Tang Dynasty did not want to be kept in captivity at home, and under the instigation of Wu Zhao and others, they began to fight for some irrelevant and insignificant official positions.

But now, it is Datang's helplessness in the officialdom.

Because, the number of officials is seriously insufficient. Just for Goguryeo, all kinds of civilian officials, large and small, have sent more than a thousand people this time. Jian'an City is no longer under military control, and has officially become a In one state, Liaodong built roads, and thousands of officials from all over the country couldn't even make a splash.

In the early days of Zhenguan, it must have been enough.

But the appearance of Li Yuanxing increased the demand by more than ten times.

In addition to being an official, the demand for men who can read, understand history, know etiquette, and manage in various chambers of commerce and workshops has increased by more than a thousand times. The first women who appeared in power were not the court, but the people.

Chambers of commerce and workshops demand too much.When the states and counties around Chang'an selected some talented officials, many women who had worked in workshops were also selected as female officials.

This is also one of the reasons why Qiuxiang was appointed as a seventh-rank female official.

Li Yuanxing was preparing for war after the New Year in the second year of Zhenguan, and then went to war. Now the matter of Liaodong Road is not the king of Qin who can't be a town.

Li Er and the Ministry of Officials did not tell Li Yuanxing about this trivial matter.

Speaking of female officials, there is a female official of high status who is on her way back to her hometown. It is four hundred miles from Jian'an City to her hometown.The four hundred miles in ancient times is not as good as modern times, and the four hundred miles here is also not as good as the road from Yaozhou to Chang'an.But really eager to think, Jin Manqing took out all her savings when she set off.

Not for anything else, but for the sergeants who escorted her to travel more every day.

Collect money, the sergeants will not.

The captain who led the team said half-jokingly: He is only a captain of the eighth rank, and Jin Manqing leads the rank of the seventh rank, and does the work of the sixth rank.Even with this difference in status, he would not refuse this request.But the sergeants worked hard, His Highness rewarded so much meat, took out half a fan every night to give these two hundred sergeants additional meals, it was considered as a thank you.

In ancient times, there was less oil, and fat meat was good meat.

A big fat pig weighs two to three hundred catties, one leaf weighs more than one hundred catties, and half a leaf weighs more than 50 catties.

This extra meal is really kind.

This road is four hundred miles, and camps are set up outside on the way, so as not to disturb the place.It's just that everyone sent cavalry to say hello to the counties along the road.

The people on the road were only surprised. They didn't know what kind of big man this was, and they all hid far away.

I only know that this is a nobleman from Datang.

He just rushed to a place ten miles away from Jin Manqing's hometown in the afternoon of the third day after departure.The captain waved his hand: "Stop!"

After the team stopped, Captain Pei came to Jin Manqing's carriage:

"Golden plumber, according to the guide, this place is less than ten miles away from your village. What I mean by this officer is to let the brothers drink some water and rest, and then reorganize their equipment. Entering the village is your face, and it is also yours. Datang's face!"

"Thank you for your hard work, I am here to thank everyone!"

Jin Manqing's eye circles are red, she will be home soon, she has been away from home for almost ten years, I really don't know if her family is okay?

Jin Manqing didn't know that the people in the village were already in extreme anxiety.

Datang occupied this place, and all the officials in the county became officials of Datang.But at noon today, the nobles from the county came to their village, and only told the village chief that there was a big man coming here, and the local officials in Yili would welcome them.I heard that a nobleman from Datang County is coming.

The county magistrate here has ordered villagers to clean the streets.

Datang county son is the second-class title of Datang.Four, actually under the three ranks of princes, the Duke of the State, the Duke of the County, the Duke of the County, the Marquis of the County, the Boss of the County, the Son of the County, and the Male of the County.The county son was granted the title of Kaiguo county son, which also belonged to the gentry in Datang, at least he entered the family of the gentry, this conferment is not a joke.

Except for Wu Zhao, who was given a false title by the special order of the two emperors, the rest must be certified by the Ministry of Rites.

The four levels of kings in the Tang Dynasty are the King Qin of the Tang Dynasty, the princes, and then the heir kings (the ones who inherit the princes are the heir kings) and the county kings.Because the King of Qin was the only one, and he was no longer inherited, there were only three levels of kings in the Tang Dynasty.

There are almost no counties in Goguryeo, and this is even a very small county.

Originally a county magistrate in a remote county in Jingzhao, a junior official of the ninth rank, he was promoted five ranks to become a county magistrate from the seventh rank and came to Goguryeo.

The county magistrate walked back and forth in the village, even ordering the stones at the intersection to be moved.

This is not flattery, according to Tang rituals, official documents of the Ministry of Rites.When officials with titles in the Tang Dynasty returned home to visit their relatives, the local county magistrate needed to have the etiquette to welcome them. This is etiquette.It is also a great face for the meritorious ministers with titles.

Otherwise, why is it called Homecoming.

What's more, when the incumbent county magistrate took office, the Ministry of Rites had a special confession that this Jin Manqing's title was personally ordered by His Royal Highness King Qin of the Tang Dynasty and His Royal Highness Empress Changsun of the Tang Dynasty, and there was a strategic meaning for her to return home. A small official will not explain too much, but let him deal with it carefully.

The county magistrate did not dare to be sloppy with a sixth-rank official who was actually a seventh-rank official.

The county magistrate was nervous, which made everyone in the village nervous, and everyone fell into an extremely depressive atmosphere.

Finally, Jin Manqing saw the village and saw the stone tablet with the name of the village in front of it.

A stone tablet has been erected here for an unknown number of years.Jin Manqing cried, and the tears couldn't stop flowing down. Among the people who returned home with her, there was no one who didn't cry.

"Report, here we come, here we come." A small official hurried over.

The county magistrate adjusted his clothes and walked towards the entrance of the village with his men.Only three of his subordinates were from the Tang Dynasty, and the rest were selected locally, or were officials from the original yamen.

"Stand up...at attention!" After a loud slogan, there was a neat snap. The Tang people knew that it was the sound of the heels of the military boots of the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty. I don't know how much the people of Chang'an like this sound. It represents the might of the Tang army. .

The whole village was at the entrance, they were afraid, and most of them knelt on the ground.

At least the nobles of Goguryeo used to beat and rob people.Those who did not kneel were whipped and even killed.

But a few bold ones looked at the team, as if some of them were their own family members, but they didn't dare to admit it.Among the ranks of the nobles of the Tang Dynasty, how could there be their lowly Goguryeo civilians in the ranks.

"Your Majesty, Qingjiao County Magistrate welcomes Shangguan back to visit his relatives."

Resisting the urge to rush into the village immediately, Jin Manqing stepped down from the carriage, keeping in mind Datang's official etiquette every step of the way, and returned a salute to the Tang official in front of Qingjiao county magistrate: "You are welcome from the county magistrate. It is really uneasy for an official to return to his hometown to disturb the county's official affairs. Please accept this official's gift!"

Hearing it was a woman's voice, everyone in the village raised their heads.

What a luxurious dress a woman wears.

But that was the color of their Goguryeo clothes. I didn't know what the woman was talking about, but I could feel that the woman was higher than the biggest noble here, the county lord of Qingjiao County.

The county magistrate of Qingjiao said softly: "After the official ceremony, the gold plumbers don't have to worry about anything. If I return my clothes to my hometown, I am afraid that I will rush to my parents. I will go back to the county immediately. If you need anything, please send people come."

Jin Manqing was speechless, tears gushed out like spring water.

She has seen her parents kneeling in the crowd. Although eight years have passed and her parents are old, their faces are carved deep in her heart with a knife, the parents who gave birth to her and raised her.The family is poor, and his younger siblings are about to starve to death. As long as he sends himself to the palace and becomes a lowly maidservant, this is his chance of survival.

Eight years, exactly eight years.

Jin Manqing was whipped by a female official in the Goguryeo palace eight years ago, then she desperately studied medical skills, and then she was sent to the north to work with the palace Chinese medicine officer, and then she was captured by the Mohe people, and finally became a slave of Yaozhou.

Now, as a seventh-rank official of the Tang Dynasty, he returned home with wealth comparable to that of the entire Qingjiao County.

Jin Manqing almost fainted.

After the county magistrate left, several female medical workers led by Jin Manqing passed out from crying.

Jin Manqing couldn't bear it anymore, and rushed to her parents, yelling in Goguryeo, crying loudly, telling her sufferings and grievances over the years, and what she saw at this time. An indescribable feeling as a parent.

The originally frightened villagers were stunned.

They cannot understand Chinese, but they can understand Goguryeo.

A woman who even respected the county magistrate of the Tang Dynasty knelt down in front of the Jin family and his wife. She turned out to be the daughter of the Jin family and his wife. Is this a dream?

More people rushed over. They didn't know how many days and nights they had been looking forward to, but they didn't expect to return home one day.

The whole village was surrounded by crying.

Killed and shed blood.Facing the [-] Turkic cavalry who never retreated an inch, Captain Datang’s eyes were red. In order not to be seen by others, he deliberately turned his head and cursed at his subordinates with a black face: “If you don’t go to camp immediately, you will be slapped Call you guys!"

The sergeants also had red eye circles.Hearing the order, all the sergeants nodded vigorously, turned around and ordered to start camping.

The village was full of weeping. They were all old neighbors who had lived for hundreds of years. Jin Manqing was a daughter who went out of the village.

The village is poor.But hospitable, they moved out all the food stored at home to entertain the soldiers of Datang.

The lieutenant smiled heartily and ordered loudly: "Brothers, bring out the big pot. Make out our army's famous dishes, the big pot of pork and cabbage stewed vermicelli, the big pot of whole red and white sorghum, and the wine. Come out and let go!"

"Start!" The two hundred sergeants responded loudly! (To be continued.)