Chapter 187: Dengwen Drum
Excitement is followed by exhaustion and a new set of problems.
Fatigue can be solved by resting, but some new problems have caused Li Sanjian's mother and son headaches.
For example, the problem of eating.
Not counting Shankui, Fu Erniang's mother and son currently have five people to eat, namely Fu Erniang, Li Sanjian, Li Nan, Chu Die, and Liuxia.
Chu Die and Liuxia have the monthly money of the palace, and this does not need Fu Erniang's mother and son to copy their hearts, but there are not many monthly cases, only enough for the daily expenses of Chu Die and Liuxia.
At this time, there is another Wang Wen in the family and needs to eat.
When Li Sanjian was a guest of the palace, he also had a monthly salary, but Li Sanjian's trip to Guizhou, Cai's proposal, and the happy money in the second place had been spent cleanly by Li Sanjian's poor savings.
The world-famous champion is actually facing the problem of eating at this time? It makes people have to sigh.
In fact, this is not the most important thing, after all, Li Sanjian won the champion and will be an official, and being an official has a fortune, and the salary of the officials of the Song Dynasty is extremely rich, and Li Sanjian has long understood this.
The main problem is how to place Wang Wen.
"San Lang, what are you going to do with her in the future?" When only Fu Erniang's mother and son were left in the room, Fu Erniang couldn't wait to ask.
"Mother, I don't know what to do with her... Li Sanjian replied dejectedly.
It is impossible to marry Wang Wen. One is that Song Law does not allow inter-ethnic marriage, in fact, this matter is a matter that the people do not raise and the officials do not hold accountable, although Song Law has strict restrictions on inter-ethnic marriage, but as long as no one is held accountable, but Li Sanjian is going to be an official, then this matter will eventually become the handle of others, and once someone wants to embarrass Li Sanjian in the future, then someone will make a fuss about this matter at any time.
The second is Cai Rongxue, Li Sanjian made an oath in front of the statue of King Yu of Futai, if Cai Rongxue does not marry in this life, how can he go back on his word? How can you break your oath?
"There is an old saying in my Li family, I wish the cow died rather than the cattle pen broken, and I would like to lose wealth rather than lose my righteousness." Fu Erniang thought for a while and said: "Since you promised someone, you can't talk and don't talk, you have to marry her." ”
"Mother, my mother, but this matter... Li Sanjian said embarrassedly.
"You listen to my mother." Fu Erniang sat on the bed, mending Li Sanjian's clothes, and said while sewing: "The rules of the Han people, my mother once heard you say, and I also know about these, of course, I don't marry her according to the rules of the Han people, but Wang Wen is a good girl, and we can't be too wronged by her, so okay, you can marry her according to the rules of my Li family." ”
Fu Erniang is a Li person, of course she has a sense of intimacy with the Li people, and of course she hopes that Li Sanjian will marry a woman from the Li family, but Li Sanjian's father is a Han person, and the son inherits his father, and Li Sanjian is of course a Han person, so it can't be like this.
"Li family rules?" Li Sanjian asked in surprise.
"Hmm" Fu Erniang nodded and said: "Mother is the identity of a concubine in the eyes of the Han people, but your father married me according to the rules of my Li family, and in the eyes of my Li family, my mother is actually your father's wife, a wife and not a concubine." ”
"Mother means that I am the same as my father?" Li Sanjian asked.
"Well, what's wrong with that?" Fu Erniang asked rhetorically.
"Okay, nothing bad." When Li Sanjian heard this, he hurriedly said, "But what should Rong Xue do?" ”
In the eyes of the Han people, it is a concubine, and in the eyes of the Li people, it is a wife, of course, this is the best of both worlds, and it is also a helpless move, but if you are unmarried, you can take a concubine first, and Cai Rongxue Li Sanjian can't open his mouth to find out about this matter.
Li Sanjian really regretted it in his heart at this time, regretting that when he was young, he should fight according to reason, swear to the death, and fight to the end to avoid future troubles.
But I was really too young at the beginning, and I agreed to it when I relented. . . , which caused endless trouble for Li Sanjian.
Of course, Li Sanjian is a womanizer, but since he came to this world, Li Sanjian has seen many beautiful women, and he has never had any special behavior with any of them.
Cai Rongxue is as beautiful as a fairy, Wang Wen is the girl next door who has just grown up, and Li Sanjian can marry two at once, of course, he is secretly happy in his heart.
But Cai Rongxue's Li Sanjian was really hard to speak, Li Sanjian didn't dare to see Cai Rongxue's face at this time, he was really embarrassed.
"If you get into trouble, you can solve it yourself." Fu Erniang glanced at Li Sanjian and said.
Fu Erniang didn't know what to do.
Fu Erniang is really depressed and troubled in her heart, Li Sanjian has provoked many women, it can be said that she is romantic, and that's okay, but so far, no woman has become Fu Erniang's real daughter-in-law, and Fu Erniang's plan to inherit the family has not been realized for a long time, which makes Fu Erniang have a lot of complaints about Li Sanjian in her heart.
The fox didn't eat it, but it made a commotion, this is the common idea in the hearts of Fu Erniang's mother and son.
"The child listens to his mother." Li Sanjian finally said stupidly.
According to Li Sanjian's intentions, he ruthlessly let Wang Wen go back, which would save a lot of trouble, but Li Sanjian was a filial son and didn't dare to disobey his mother's orders, so he had to agree to the matter.
"When are you going to marry Wen'er?" Fu Erniang asked reluctantly.
"Mother, the child still has to enter the palace to thank the Holy Grace, wait for the decree and other things, and then talk about these things, right?" Li Sanjian replied.
Li Sanjian was speechless, his own mother, Fu Erniang, has been forcing himself to marry since he came to Beijing, and he is thousands of times more anxious than himself... see
"Well, but it can't be too late, my mother has finally achieved her wish after waiting for so many years, you can't push it back any further." Fu Erniang nodded.
"The child listens to the mother for everything, and the mother is in charge." Li Sanjian said.
"Hee-hee!" Fu Erniang thought that Li Sanjian was going to marry and she was going to be a mother-in-law, so she couldn't help laughing, she was in her thirties, and her smile was like a girl.
"Hey... But Fu Erniang thought that the cost of marrying had not yet been settled, and suddenly sighed again.
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On March 30 of the third year of Song Yuanfu, Li Sanjian, the new champion, did not wait for the awards, thanksgiving, cross-horse parade street, Qionglin banquet and so on, but waited for Dengwen Drum.
The south gate of the Song Imperial City is Xuande Gate
Xuande Gate is the main gate of the palace city of Song Jingshi, the early Song Dynasty is called Mingde Gate, Taiping Xingguo changed to Danfeng Gate in three years, Yongxi changed the first year of Qianyuan Gate, Dazhong Xiangfu eight years to correct Yangmen, Ming Dao two years to change Xuande Gate. The gate is composed of the main city gate, two towers and two que, and the plane is in the shape of "concave".
Xuande Gate is not much different from other palace gates, towering and magnificent.
The only difference is that there is a special yamen and a special setting near the Xuande Gate, that is, the Dengwen Drum and the Dengwen Drum Courtyard.
There are five door openings in the south gate of Song Palace City, and the left and right sides of the main gate Xuande Gate are two que towers. There is a gap of about 300 steps between the Xuande Gate and the left and right doors, and the Dengwen Drum Courtyard is in the north corridor of the west of the Xuande Gate and the east of the right door, and the Dengwen Drum is opposite the Dengwen Drum Courtyard, in the west corridor of the Xuande Gate South Street.
What is Dengwen Drum? Dengwen drum originated from the Yu era, also known as "drum".
Those who want to admonish beat their drums too! Hang the drum outside the court so that those who have been wronged or have an urgent case can beat the drum and smell it.
A large drum was placed on top of the drum stand, surrounded by a wooden fence, which was guarded by several forbidden soldiers.
Anyone who talks about the gains and losses of the government, public and private interests, military secrets, Chen begging for favors, Li Xue's injustices, and strange tricks, changing cultural resources, correcting names, and those who have no example can beat the drum and shout injustice. Whether you are a dignitary or an ordinary person, you can beat the drum.
After beating the drum and delivering the complaint, it will be decided by the officials of the Dengwen Drum Academy, and those who are reasonable can be directly listened to and sent directly to the emperor, and the emperor decides whether to accept it, and if it is accepted, the emperor will directly arrange for the officials to push the sheath.
The Dengwen Drum Academy generally receives the contents of the lawsuit, the political proposal, the self-recommendation, and the begging, and of course, the imperial examination can also be heard.
However, all this needs to be judged and decided by the court officials in the Dengwen Drum Courtyard, and those who are reasonable will be sent back directly and punished.
Among them, the light ones were reprimanded and fined, and the heavy ones were blackened and caned, and even exiled for 3,000 miles.
Therefore, it does not mean that anything or anyone dares to beat the drum lightly, and you have to weigh it before you beat the drum.
"Tom... Tong... Tong... ”
In the early morning of March 30, the earth-shattering drums suddenly sounded, and the drums pierced through the silence of dawn and echoed over the entire palace.
Thousands of people from all walks of life gathered outside the Xuande Gate and sounded the Dengwen drum, which had not been beaten for a long time.
Thousands of people gathered outside the Xuande Gate, and the black pressure was so overwhelming that the faces of the officials in the Dengwen Courtyard were pale, and they ran out of the official office one after another, looking at these lifters, I don't know what they want to do.
Countless pro-soldiers in front of the palace who guarded the palace also opened the barracks, staring at these people with fierce eyes, as if they were facing a great enemy.
"Your Majesty is the foundation of the country, the hope of the world, and the foundation of the country.
"At the beginning of Your Majesty's succession to the throne, you should work hard to govern the country, how can you ignore state affairs because of pain, and how can you abolish the palace examination because of pain? How can this be for the country? ”
"We are not satisfied with the results of this tribute!"
"Yes, yes, dissatisfied, Lingnan son Li Sanjian is from a wild place, how can he be at the top? We are not convinced! ”
"He is still a Li person, a barbarian person, how can such a person be at the top of the list? Don't I have a good son in my Han family? We are not convinced! ”
The focus of the contradiction pointed directly to the results of the provincial examination, to the new champion Li Sanjian, and to the imperial court to cancel the palace examination without authorization, which made the imperial examination lose its fairness and justice.
"I heard that Li Sanjian is still His Majesty's domestic slave, so favoritism, what's the use of the imperial examination?"
"Yes, yes, Your Majesty Fu Qi will reopen the Ministry of Rites, the palace test, and re-examine the Jinshi list."
The crowd was shouting and shouting, and the provincial and palace examinations must be held again, and the list of Jinshi will be re-examined.
"Let your mother's dog stinky fart, you can't do it yourself, and you can blame others? It also involves Your Majesty and the court? What do you want? ”
At this time, the people who watched the excitement and the first can stop doing it, and re-examine the Jinshi list, so wouldn't it be a big deal?
The opening of the palace test, the re-ranking is almost the same.