In October of the fifth year of Xianping (1002) of Song Zhenzong, a major event occurred in the court: the two prime ministers were both demoted because of their struggle to marry a widow, and Xiang Minzhong was dismissed as the head of the household department, and Zhang Qixian appointed Taichangqing and the branch secretary Xijing Luoyang.

This widow is the widow of Xue Weiji, the general of the Left Leading Guard; Xue Weiji's father was Xue Juzheng, the prime minister of the Song Taizu period.

Xue Juzheng married a "jealous" wife and did not give him a son, and he was not allowed to approach the concubine; As a result, he had to adopt a son named Xue Weiji.

Xue Juzheng dotes on his adopted son very much, making Xue Weiji a bad kid who wrestles and kicks football with problem teenagers all day long, and drinks and has fun.

After Xue Juzheng's death, Song Taizong personally mourned and specially asked, "No, Xiao Zi'an is here, is it quite a change of career?" I'm afraid I can't bear the burden of the first business, but what? ”

Xue Weiji was afraid and didn't dare to get up, so he reformed himself; But like his father, he couldn't do it, and as a result, after his death, there was a boiling widow's door incident in the family.

Chai is Xue Weiji's stepwife, who became a widow at a young age and has no son; And she usually has a discord with the two sons left by Xue Weiji's ex-wife, so she wants to remarry, and the pot-bellied prime minister Zhang Qixian intends to marry Chai.

Prime Minister Zhang secretly negotiated a marriage contract with the Chai family, and sent someone to send a car to pick her up; This time, the Xue family quit, and sued Kaifeng Mansion, saying that the stepmother wanted to take away the large amount of family property accumulated by his grandfather and father for two generations.

When Kaifeng Mansion heard that the person involved in the case was Prime Minister Zhang, he didn't dare to make his own decisions and hurriedly reported to Song Zhenzong.

Song Zhenzong didn't want to make a big deal out of it, so he sent relevant departments to quietly interrogate Chai's family; How do you know that Chai's statement is very different from the pleading, and as a last resort, Zhenzong had no choice but to submit the matter to the Imperial Historical Observatory for trial.

A dramatic scene took place. The Chai family actually showed up in the yamen to beat the drum and sue again, suing another prime minister, Xiang Minzhong, to buy the Xue family's old house at a low price; and proposed to himself, because he did not agree, he was angry with the prime minister, so he instructed the Xue family to falsely accuse him.

This widow's door made another prime minister, Xiang Minzhong, involved, and Song Zhenzong had to question it personally.

Xiang Minzhong admitted that he did spend 5 million to buy Xue's mansion, and he did suffer the loss of his wife recently, but he had no idea of remarrying, let alone proposing to Chai's.

It doesn't matter if it's a question, the case is becoming more and more complicated; Salt and iron made Wang Sizong always have a discord with Xiang Minzhong, and at this time he also jumped out to expose it, saying that Xiang Minzhong had recently agreed to marry the sister of the late Wang Chengyan, the commander of the horse.

Zhenzong inquired about Wang's family, and when he learned that this was indeed the case, he was very dissatisfied with Xiang Minzhong, and brought him to criticize him face-to-face, saying that he was dishonest and that he was clearly arranging remarriage in private, and actually deceived the emperor that he had no idea of remarrying.

Therefore, Zhenzong believes that Xiang Minzhong said that he did not propose to the Chai family, and this statement may not be reliable.

But on the other hand, Zhang Qixian did not make a wishful thinking, and the Yushitai investigation found that Chai's pleadings were originally written by Zhang Qixian's son, Zhang Zongzhi, who was the prince at the time, for her, and Zhang Qixian was obviously inseparable.

Further interrogation of Chai's confidant servants also revealed that she had buried about 20,000 gold and silver treasures.

Soon, after Zhenzong personally interrogated, the result of the trial: Xiang Minzhong was dismissed as the head of the household department, and he was informed of the Yongxing Army; Zhang Qixian assigned Tai Changqing and Xijing; Zhang Zongzhi was demoted to Haizhou Don't Drive.

As for the Chai family, naturally there is no way to marry Zhang Qixian as he wishes.

One of the most important reasons why the two prime ministers competed to marry a widow was because she was rich; Physicist Cheng Yi said unceremoniously: The two prime ministers competing to marry one wife are nothing more than "because they have 100,000 bags."

The two prime ministers compete to marry a widow, although it is a farce and it is hilarious; But it also makes people feel that the society of the Song Dynasty is so clear, but the official residence is fighting for a widow; The reason for this is that the widow is rich, which shows that most of the officials of the Song Dynasty were not wealthy, and they did not use their power for personal gain and bend the law.

The above stories illustrate a very serious problem - the houses in Bianliang are expensive, and prime ministers like Kou Zhun, Xiang Minzhong, and Zhang Qixian can't afford them.

However, Zhang Jing didn't seem to think so, only to see him look at Tian Jing and say: "Brother Tian listed that the prime minister can't afford to buy a house, and my little brother has heard about it before!" But a man shall not be a man, nor shall the sea be measured; The prime minister can't afford it, not necessarily the common people! ”

As soon as Zhang Jing said this, everyone present was dumbfounded; But there is one person who is grinning, she is Zhang Jing's wife Yang Cuihua.

Yang Cuihua was originally Wei Baimao's concubine, and Liu Min "gave" her to Zhang Jing.

It seems that Liu Min was a little anxious to give Yang Cuihua to Zhang Jing, and Liu Min was only 12 years old when he was in the Qingshichuan Horse Husbandry Prison; is not the Empress Dowager Zhang Xianmingsu, it should be said that she saw Yang Cuihua and Zhang Jingxiang match to thread the needle and lead the needle to promote a good thing.

Zhang Jing, this kid is really a melon person, and he picked up a daughter-in-law like Yang Cuihua for nothing, and brought immeasurable money; Zhang Jing seems to be more blessed than Prime Minister Xiang Minzhong and Zhang Qixian.

The reason why Zhang Qixian and Xiang Minzhong competed to marry the widow Chai was not because they looked at the widow Chai's tens of thousands of taels of silver; The silver ticket that Yang Cuihua now carries with her is enough to buy one or two spacious mansions in the heart of Bianjing City.

What do you mean by that? Everyone forgot the aforementioned Wei Baimao, since Wei Baimao was recommended by Wang Quanbin to be the deputy supervisor of the Qingshichuan Horse Husbandry Supervisor; In private, he was in cahoots with another deputy eunuch stirrup, and the two formed a party in the horse herding prison for personal gain, deceiving the superiors and subordinates; Secretly sold military horses to the Tibetans, Huanghu, and Dangxiang.

Eighty percent of the stolen money from the sale of military horses was owned by Wei Baimao.

And Wei Baimao loves the concubine Yang Cuihua, and all the silver earned by the black heart is handed over to Yang Cuihua for safekeeping; Yang Cuihua has a talent for financial management, and opened a silver vault underground to store the silver that Wei Baimao got back.

It's a pity: the country is a hero, and it is difficult for a hero to sit on the country.

Wei Baimao met Liu Min and Grandpa Huo in the palace hall, and was finally killed by Liu Min's "plum blossom flying needle" in the red pine forest of the White Crane Grassland; And the one-eyed stirrup shape of the horse also became the belly of the fish on the chopping board of Ma Xiao, the general under Lu Chengyu, and was cut into several sections.

Wei Baimao, Stirrup Shape, Wu Bulun and other traitors all died, and the silver accumulated by Yang Cuihua became Zhang Jing's.

Zhang Jing is a chivalrous kid, he once said to Yang Cuihua: "This silver is generally returned to the horse herding supervisor, and half of it is dedicated to Liu Min!" Liu Min is the fairy sister, and the main hero of smashing Wei Baimao's traitor! ”

The problem is that Liu Min disappeared in the red pine forest, and Zhang Jing followed Lu Chengyu to look around; only to know that his childhood playmate Li Xian was killed by the bald donkey Weng Lian Gulu in Biandangou.

Zhang Jing, Wang Yang, and Zhao Ji cried and buried Li Xian, vowing to avenge him, and killed the demon monks Weng Lian Gulu and Weng Lian Luqi.

The three of them rushed to Huang Liangchuan with Lu Chengyu, and found no trace of the demon monks Weng Lian Luqi and Weng Lian Luqi; In the end, he surrounded Toad Mountain, killed Weng Lian Gollum and rescued the Red Cloud Girl; When he learned that Weng Lian Luqi was in the Ha Toad Cave, he set fire to it.

After killing the demon monks Weng Lian Gulu and Weng Lian Luqi, Lu Chengyu said that he wanted to go to Tokyo; Zhang Jing asked Yang Cuihua to hand over half of the silver in the silver vault to Zheng Qin Feng, the supervisor of the herding horses, and the other half to exchange the transaction coins with him.

After arriving in Tokyo, Zhang Jing saw Lu Chengyu and a group of officers and soldiers go to the front line; However, 14 people still have no fixed residence, so they have the idea of buying a house for everyone to live in.

Tian Jing saw that Zhang Jing once again mentioned the topic of renting and buying a house, and frowned and said: "Every inch of land in Tokyo is expensive, but compared with renting and buying, it is still cost-effective to buy; But you have to have money! ”

Yang Cuihua saw Tian Jing say this, and interjected: "Brother Tian, how much silver do you need to buy a manor in Tokyo City!" ”

Tian Jing was stunned, looked at Yang Cuihua and said, "It depends on how big it is!" ”

"How much does a house with 1,000 acres of land cost?" Yang Cuihua asked.

"Grandpa God!" Wang Yang smacked his tongue and said: "1,000 acres is the palace!" Sister-in-law Zhang, do you have the money to buy a house of 1,000 acres? Wang Yang called Yang Cuihua Zhang's sister-in-law, because she and Zhang Jing had ended their husband and wife.

Seeing Wang Yang asking like this, Yang Cuihua glanced at him and smiled without saying a word.

Tian Jing saw Yang Cuihua's calm expression, and said in his heart that this woman has talent in her belly; She must have a lot of money in her hands to ask that.

Tian Jing thought about it for a while and smiled, and said: "Madame's good question, Bianjing City is divided into the imperial city, the inner city, and the outer city, and the people in the imperial city will think about it!" ”

After a pause, he raised his arm and said: "A house of 1,000 acres of land will cost 5 million taels of silver in the inner city, and 2 million taels in the outer city will be enough; If you are outside the city gate, 1,000 acres of land is enough for 1,000 taels! ”

Tian Jing said that 5 million taels, 2 million taels, and 1,000 taels can buy 1,000 acres of mansions in the inner city, outer city, and outside the city respectively; Because the housing prices in Bianliang in the Northern Song Dynasty are completely comparable to those in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen.

In 960 AD, Zhao Kuangyin established the Northern Song Dynasty, and the capital Kaifeng was renamed Tokyo; It lasted 167 years.

At its peak, Tokyo had a population of around 1.5 million, making it a metropolis in the country and the world.

The outer city of Tokyo City was built in the third year of the Later Zhou Dynasty (956 AD), with a circumference of 50 li and 165 steps; The city wall is 4 zhang high, 5 zhang 9 feet wide, and has 12 gates.

The inner city (also known as Que City) was built in the second year of Tang Jianzhong (781 AD), with a circumference of 20 miles and 155 steps, with a total of 10 city gates and 2 water gates.

Ouchi, the Imperial Castle of Tokyo City; From the third year of Jianlong to the fourth year of Qiande (962-966), Song Taizu rebuilt the Kaifeng Imperial Palace; It has successively built four major halls of Daqing, Wende, Zichen and vertical arches, Chongwen Yuan (Ming Hall), Six Pavilions, Gyeongbok and National History Institute, Capital Hall and other buildings. The new imperial city is about 1,050 meters wide from east to west, and about 1,090 meters long from north to south (more than seven miles). The city wall was originally built of earth, but it was changed to brick in the fifth year of Dazhong Xiangfu (1012).

Although it was rebuilt later, the layout of the imperial city did not make major changes.

In the third year of Zhenghe (1113), Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty built a new Yanfu Palace, and the scope of the imperial city increased to nine miles and thirteen steps.

In the seventh year of Zhenghe (1117), Genyue was built, which can be described as the most in the world; But with the completion of Genyue, Song Huizong also became a prisoner of the Jurchens and was taken to the city of the Five Kingdoms; The wealthy Northern Song Dynasty announced its shutdown and finally perished......