Chapter 258: Gifts are exchanged

After Li An's background became a royal family, although the temporary official position has not changed in the slightest, but the social status has improved a lot invisibly, after all, in the era of the Tang Dynasty, it is still very particular about origin, and the royal family and the major scholars represent the highest status of the first class, and they are also the most respected type of people. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info

As for the children of the scholars who eat, drink, prostitute and gamble and oppress the people, they are not the mainstream, most of the scholars are still very strict in their family education, and most of the talents in the Tang Empire are concentrated in the scholars, and even the lifeblood of the country is restricted by the scholars to a certain extent.

The Tang Empire was established by the Li family, and as a member of the imperial family, the status of the Li family in Longxi is naturally the highest level, that is to say, Li An is now the highest person in the Tang Dynasty, and has a high status.

At this time, it was already late, and Chang'an City had already entered the curfew stage, but Li An had a token and could walk freely and go straight to his mansion.

"Ah Lang, I'm back so late! I asked Xiao Yin to boil the ginseng soup. ”

Zhao Liu waited at the door of the front yard until Li An returned to the mansion.

"Zhao Liu, aren't you sleepy? You don't have to wait for me to come back every time. ”

"Ah Lang, I'm not sleepy."

Zhao Liuhan smiled and moved the horses to the stable.

Li An knew that Zhao Liu was not sleepy, but he couldn't rest assured that he couldn't rest assured, of course, maybe it was to show his loyalty, so as not to lose this hard-won status.

"I won't drink the ginseng tea, is the lady asleep?"

Ang Lee asked as he walked inside.

"Back to Ah Lang, Mrs. just asked Cao'er to come over and ask Ah Lang if he has come back, he shouldn't have slept yet!"

Zhao Liu replied.

"Alright, go back to sleep!"

Li An heard that Yan Ruyu hadn't rested yet, so he hurriedly strode towards the main house.

The bedroom of the main house is still brightly lit, and the window reflects Yan Ruyu's beautiful shadow.

My Fair Lady, sitting by the lamp in front of the window and reading a book, such a quiet and virtuous beauty, how can she not make people feel excited, how can she not make people fascinated.

Li An stood in the courtyard of the main house, quietly looking at the wonderful shadow on the window paper, and couldn't bear to disturb for a while, so he stood dumbfounded.

"Madam, Ah Lang is back, Ah Lang is back."

Cao'er was ordered to go to the front yard again to investigate, and as soon as she went out, she saw Li An standing in the courtyard.

The slender figure of the window paper mountain moved, and seemed to be very excited, and then the window was gently opened, revealing Yan Ruyu's beautiful face.

"Husband, what are you doing standing outside, don't come in quickly."

Yan Ruyu didn't understand why Li An was standing outside, and hurriedly let Li An into the house.

Ang Lee grinned and strode to the bedroom, while Cao'er walked away in amusement.

"Madame, haven't you slept so late?"

Li An closed the door and immediately hugged Yan Ruyu in his arms.

"Husband, if you are lighter, you can't breathe."

Yan Ruyu was frightened by Ang Li's rudeness, and hurriedly struggled gently.

Li An relaxed his arm strength a little, looked at Yan Ruyu's stunning face, and said sincerely: "Madam, you are so beautiful, I am really very happy to see you waiting for me so late." ”

"It's good that my husband knows, how can you thank me?"

Li An smiled evilly, picked up Yan Ruyu, and said softly: "The beautiful scenery of a good day, as a husband, I can only spoil you." ”

"Husband, it's so bad, lighten it up!"

Li An laughed, hugged Yan Ruyu into the side of the bed, and began to do pleasant physical work.

Meimei enjoyed, Meimei slept beautifully, and the next morning, I woke up with a beautiful mood and started a new day.

The speed at which some news spread is amazing, for example, Ang Lee, who has made great contributions to the Tang Dynasty, is actually a member of the Tang Dynasty, which surprised everyone.

After the officials of Zongzheng Temple spread the news, in just a few hours, almost the entire official class in Chang'an City knew about it.

Especially those princes and important ministers, they obtained this situation within an hour of the news coming out, after all, they all have eyes and ears in the palace, and the news of Zongzheng Temple can't escape their eyes and ears.

"Ang Lee is actually a descendant of the royal family, is the source reliable?"

"What came out of Zongzheng Temple is absolutely not wrong, and it cannot be wrong."

Almost everyone who learned that Li An was the master of the royal family, the first question was this, and their subordinates answered so consistently.

In short, the fact that Li An was born in the royal family quickly spread, and it quickly spread among the common people by the aristocratic official class, and then spread to the entire Chang'an City, and continued to spread to the whole world.

Of course, when they heard the news, some people were happy, some were disappointed, some were angry, and of course, more people were holding an indifferent attitude, after all, whether Ang Lee's identity was a royal family or not had nothing to do with the absolute majority of people.

Li An doesn't care what others think, it shouldn't be true that his deity is a descendant of the royal family, so enjoy this superior status! There's nothing wrong with being a noble royalty.

The morning sun is very warm, shining into the room to give people a warm feeling, Yan Ruyu Jiao is lying in Ang Lee's arms, letting Ang Li caress her unbridledly, the expression of enjoying with his eyes closed is very intoxicating, at least, Ang Lee's heart at the moment is completely drunk.

"Husband, didn't you say okay, go back to your uncle's house early this morning?"

Yan Ruyu suddenly remembered that Li An had said the day before yesterday that he would take her back to Yan Zhenqing's home early this morning.

Li An was suddenly startled, nodded and said, "Thanks to Mrs. for reminding me, my husband almost forgot about it, and let my husband hold it for a while, just for a while." ”

"The husband hates it, the husband is good or bad."

Yan Ruyu gently knocked Li An, her little face was flushed, and she was very cute.

"Madam, do you know why my husband came back so late yesterday?"

Ang Lee asked proudly.

"If you don't say it, how can Ruyu guess it."

Li An smiled: "Okay, don't guess, my husband has confirmed his origin yesterday, and it is still a very unexpected background." ”

"What is the origin of the husband?"

"The royal family, the Tang royal family, the husband is now the Tang royal family, it's amazing!"

Li An shouted happily, dancing like a child.

"Really? Why did the husband suddenly become a royal family? ”

Yan Ruyu couldn't believe it.

"The details, I'll tell you later, in short, your husband is indeed a member of the Tang Dynasty royal family now, it's enough for you to remember this, okay, let's get up and go to my uncle's house and give him a New Year's greeting."

Li An said that he lifted the quilt, dressed with Yan Ruyu, and after a simple dress, ate some snacks, and then rode the carriage to Yan Zhenqing's mansion.

Li An, who usually rides a horse, is really not used to sitting in the carriage, he feels too comfortable and comfortable, and there is such a delicate lady as Yan Ruyu beside him, which makes it even more fluttering.

Yan Zhenqing received the news that Yan Ruyu was coming back a day in advance, so she had already made all the preparations, at least there was definitely a lot of wine and food.

However, just when Yan Ruyu and Li An were about to come, Yan Zhenqing learned the news that Li Ang was a member of the Tang Dynasty, which surprised him extremely and, like most people, he couldn't believe it.

"Ah Lang, I have long thought that General Li is not an ordinary person, but I didn't expect it to be the Tang Dynasty, our Yan family can climb the royal family, it is a blessing that has been cultivated for many years!"

"Yes! Ang Lee, this kid is actually a royal family, but why did he hide it from me until now? Or is he himself unclear about his origins? ”

The news that Yan Zhenqing got was only Ang Lee's status as a royal family, but as for the details, he couldn't know it, so he couldn't figure out whether Ang Lee deliberately concealed it or didn't know his identity at all.

"Ah Lang, the food and wine are all ready, as long as General Li and Nineteen Niang arrive, you can start the banquet."

"Ah Lang, General Li, they are already outside the door."

A subordinate hurried over.

Yan Zhenqing was overjoyed and strode towards the outside of the mansion, he was ready to greet Li An and his wife in person.

"Uncle."

"Uncle."

Li An and Yan Ruyu saluted Yan Zhenqing together, and their attitudes were naturally respectful.

"Unharmed, like jade, you are here! Come in, come in. ”

Yan Zhenqing is also extremely enthusiastic, more enthusiastic than ever.

"Ruyu, if you are harmless, have you bullied you, if you have, tell your uncle."

Yan Zhenqing saw that Yan Ruyu's face was ruddy, and naturally understood that it was not, saying this was just a joke.

Yan Ruyu smiled shyly and did not answer, of course, there was no need to answer.

Li An hurriedly said: "Uncle, Ruyu is my wife, it's too late for me to cherish her?" How could he bully her? ”

Of course, Ang Li actually bullies Yan Ruyu every day, but this kind of bullying is not the kind of bullying that Yan Zhenqing said.

"Come on, come on, come and sit down in the house."

Yan Zhenqing took Li An and Yan Ruyu to the main hall to sit down, and asked the servants to bring the wine and food.

"All right, early this morning, I heard about a big event, and it was about you."

"Uncle is talking about my origin!"

Naturally, Ang Lee had already guessed what was going on.

"That's right, uncle heard that you became a member of the Tang Dynasty, what the hell is going on? Why didn't you say before, by the way, that your father never mentioned such a thing, didn't you know where you came from? ”

Yan Zhenqing asked curiously.

Yan Ruyu, who was beside Li An, was also very curious about this matter and listened carefully.

Li An did not hide it, and told the ins and outs of the matter, of course, he did not say it about the existence of eyeliner in his mansion, and there was no need to say it.

After listening to Ang Lee's explanation, Yan Zhenqing and Yan Ruyu finally understood all this, and sighed that Ang Lee's life experience was really bizarre, and at the same time, they congratulated Ang Lee on returning to the royal family and recognizing his ancestors.

The meal was very comfortable, and after chatting about some topics of common interest, Ang Li took Yan Ruyu back to his mansion.

Li An was born in the royal family, and the shock caused by this incident in the capital is not big, nor is it small, at least, since this news came out, the streets and alleys of the entire Chang'an City have begun to talk about this matter, and the people's attention to this matter has exceeded that of several small monarchs who came to the capital to meet the Son of Heaven, so it can be seen that the impact of this matter is still very huge.

However, in today's Tang Dynasty, many officials who hold great power are members of the Tang royal family, Li Shizhi on the left is a royal family, and Li Linfu on the right is also a royal family, but Li Linfu's blood relationship is a little farther away.

It is not a big deal for Ang Lee's identity to be confirmed as a royal family, but Ang Lee is not an ordinary person, but a talented pillar of the Tang Dynasty, and the combination of the two should not be underestimated.

Many officials in Chang'an City, after learning about Li An's background, felt that Li An's future must be very broad, so they took the opportunity of congratulations to send gifts to show their friendship.

Li An originally wanted to reject the deliberate overtures of these officials, but when he thought that they were all well-intentioned, and that refusing them might cause their dissatisfaction and offend some narrow-minded people for no reason, he naturally accepted the kindness of the ministers.

It's not that Ang Lee is greedy for money, if you don't want the money in hand, wouldn't it be too stupid, as for the so-called honesty and uprightness, it is not the goal pursued by Ang Lee, besides, if it is really pursued like this, it will be too much praise from the people, but it will be suspected of inviting people to buy people's hearts.

In ancient society, it was taboo to buy people's hearts, and when a person won too much popularity, he would pose a threat to the status of the king of a country, thus bringing great danger to himself.

Yue Fei of the Southern Song Dynasty was not greedy for money, not corrupt, kept himself clean, did not collude with traitorous ministers, and had a very high prestige in the hearts of the people, but the result was not to anger the emperor and lead to death.

Although the reason for Yue Fei's killing is more complex and has many aspects, it is also very important to be too clean and self-conscious, and his reputation is too high, which will definitely make the emperor jealous, so that he will be like a thorn in his back.

There were many officials who came to congratulate Ang Lee and gave gifts to Ang Lee, and even many officials with higher official positions than Ang Lee also sent blessings.

Looking at these gifts that are not light, Li An felt the corruption of the Tang Dynasty officialdom, these officials' salaries are limited, and many gifts are more than a month's worth of them, if there is no corruption, how can they support their mutual exchanges with their poor fortunes.

In fact, whether in ancient times or in later generations, the exchanges between officials were very frequent, that is, the so-called 'human exchanges' were relatively large, and the cost was naturally very expensive.

If it is only based on the legitimate income of the money, it will not be able to cope with it, and the back and forth cannot be broken, so the officials will be forced to be corrupt and accept money and gifts from the lower levels, and the wind of corruption will be formed.

Since ancient times, the Chinese nation has been a big country of feelings, pay attention to the exchange of courtesy, and the exchanges between people, 'etiquette' is absolutely indispensable, and in order to contact the feelings, the style of gift-giving has naturally formed, and gradually become a heavy burden on the shoulders of all Chinese people. (To be continued.) )