In ancient times, taking a concubine seemed to be a common thing, why did Wen Tiren privately marry a prostitute as a concubine become one of the crimes of others attacking him?

In fact, in ancient times, concubines were not something you could accept if you wanted to.

Although it was a patriarchal society in ancient times, it was also necessary to abide by ethics and morals, and a man who wanted to take a concubine must first obtain the consent of his parents, and secondly, his wife must agree.

As long as one of these family members disagrees, the concubine cannot be accepted.

Of course, the rules are these rules, and when you do it, are your parents and wives really not accepting the concubine if they don't agree?

Some men are very strong at home, their parents don't dare to care about him, and his wife has no status at home, so he can accept it, regardless of whether the family agrees or not.

Wen Tiren belongs to this kind of person, his family really doesn't agree, he just accepts, and it's still three.

Of course, this is not enough to become a crime for others to attack him, no matter how you say it, this is also a family matter, the so-called clean officials are difficult to judge family affairs, you are in charge of others, it is a bit of a dog to meddle with a mouse.

The courtiers will attack him with this, mainly because of the word prostitution, because there is a provision in the Ming Law that officials cannot accept prostitutes as concubines.

However, by the end of the Ming Dynasty, especially in the Chongzhen Dynasty, many people, many things, have been above the law, such as marrying a prostitute as a concubine, has become a popular trend, the official marrying a prostitute is not ashamed, if this prostitute is very famous, it will become a good story.

Of course, there is also a premise for this, and the premise is that people don't take this matter to you seriously, if someone insists on taking this matter to you seriously, it is not a good story, because this kind of thing is not a good thing worth advocating.

In the afternoon of the next day, when the sky was about to be dark, the officials of the various ministries and yamen returned home after a day's work, and almost all received one or more newspaper-like things.

At this moment, Wen Tiren was holding such a newspaper-like thing, and sat in the main hall of the mansion with a gloomy face.

The housekeeper of the Wen Mansion was also there, but his face was not gloomy, but pale, and he was standing in front of Wen Tiren with his head bowed and shivering.

Wen Tiren was already extremely angry at this time, this was someone deliberately hacking him!

He married a few prostitutes as concubines, and this newspaper-like thing is written on it, and the names of the three prostitutes are correct, and they are indeed his concubines.

However, what makes you angry with your parents and angry with your main room is nonsense and nonsense.

He is in this family, that is a person who says the same, whether it is his parents or the main room, he will generally not go against his wishes, when he accepts these concubines, the family is quite complaining, but it is just a few words, what is strongly opposed, it does not exist at all, it makes people angry, it is even more pure slander!

Who is so shameless, he sulked for a long time with a gloomy face, and then asked coldly: "Where did this thing come from?" ”

The housekeeper was frightened, and said in fear: "Back to the master, this is what Ah Fu brought back when he went to buy candy on the street, and the Wang family shop took this bag of sugar." ”

Wen Tiren stared at the housekeeper coldly, and said suspiciously: "Sugar? Have you ordered someone to go to Wang's shop to check, what the hell is going on? ”

The housekeeper replied tremblingly: "The little one went to check, and there are dozens of pieces of this kind of paper in the Wang family's shop, and the shopkeeper Wang said that it was thrown on the counter by others early in the morning, saying that it was given to him to pack things." ”

When Wen Tiren heard this, he sighed in his heart, this thing is printed, there must be more than dozens of copies, could someone take it and send it everywhere!

He hurriedly asked, "Then what old Wang doesn't know how to read?" Do other shops have this thing? ”

The housekeeper said with a sad face: "Lao Wang knows how to read, he can count money, other shops have it, as few as dozens, as many as hundreds, all of which were given by others when they first opened in the morning." ”

Wen Tiren heard this, and a mouthful of blood spurted out at the wrong point, and other shops have it, which means, it is likely that all the shops in the capital have it, who is so shameless, and such a means are used!

This shows that someone is deliberately spreading rumors in order to tarnish his reputation.

This thing, he didn't dare to show it to Chongzhen, Chongzhen wanted to see it, and he would definitely ask if these were true.

These are not all fake, not all true, half-truths and half-truths, how to answer when the time comes, no matter how you answer, Chongzhen will suspect that there is something wrong with his character.

Who is so shameless, who is so inferior, Wen Tiren said angrily: "Have you found out who did it?" ”

The housekeeper cowered and said: "Master, I can't find out, the shopkeepers of the various shops don't know the people who sent this thing, and the printing workshops are everywhere in the capital, unless a family goes to check, it is impossible for people to publicize this kind of thing everywhere." ”

In fact, it was useless for them to check one by one, because Hu Laosan had already closed his door and saved his relatives.

As for the helpers he hired, he didn't know the words of the ink or the board, because it was pure hard work, and he didn't need to know the words at all, the only thing he needed to know the words, and the work of codeword typesetting was done by himself.

Even if you ask around with this thing, no one will admit that this thing has been printed by yourself, just kidding, such a thing as a black cabinet scholar, who would dare to admit it among ordinary people!

The origin of this thing is no longer verifiable, and it has been spread everywhere in the capital, unless the Jinyi guard is dispatched to suppress it, otherwise, this matter is destined to be spread.

Wen Tiren is really famous now, and in just one day, he has become the hottest topic in the streets and alleys of the entire capital, and he is even more popular than Min Hongxue and Min Mengde a few days ago.

Romantic affairs, the most arousing people's gossip hearts, those lack of virtue that Min Hongxue and Min Mengde did, passed on as soon as they were passed on, Wen Tiren will not be so easily forgotten, the romance of the cabinet scholars is the best thing for people to talk about after dinner.

At this time, Wen Zhenmeng, the champion Lang, was also holding a copy of this newspaper, and his face once again showed a strange look.

Is Wen Tiren so ridiculous?

I really can't say this, he took out the piece of paper that was shot into the study last night, compared the two with each other, and suddenly showed a sudden look.

Early the next morning, the morning began on time

Due to today's court push the chief examiner and the examiners of each room, the courtiers have a lot less to report, and before the end of the day, the court push is over, and the court push begins.

The court push is a unique system of the Ming Dynasty, where the court encounters major political affairs, or encounters a vacancy in the civil and military ministers, the emperor will order the courtiers to discuss, such as the pros and cons of political affairs, called the court discussion; If the person concerned is proposed for promotion or appointment, it is called a court recommendation.

The scale of the court push is determined by the emperor according to the size of the matter, and the officials who generally participate in the court push are the six books, the imperial history, the six branches to the matter, the general political envoy, the Dali Qing and the imperial history, etc., but sometimes there are additions, all depending on the emperor's wishes, like Chongzhen, he likes to conduct court discussions or court pushes after the early dynasty's recital.

He believes that this not only saves the trouble of convening officials, but also the participation of all courtiers, which is more fair and just.

This time, will he be played by the ministers again, or by Wen Tiren's henchmen, as before?

As soon as the official of Honglu Temple announced the start of the court push, someone immediately walked out of the train, lay on the ground and said loudly: "Weichen recommended Zhou Yanru, the first assistant of the cabinet, Wenyuan Pavilion University Scholar, to be the chief examiner of the examination. ”

This person is Huang Jingfang, the son of the left concubine of Zuo Chunfang of Zhan Shifu, he is not Zhou Yanru's henchman, but Zhou Yanru deliberately befriended the courtiers at this time, and everyone's impression of him is not bad, Huang Jingfang was pushed out by a group of courtiers who are good friends with Zhou Yanru to take the lead.

As soon as he finished the promotion, a bunch of courtiers immediately came out to echo him, and there were hundreds of courtiers in the entire imperial road for a while, Chongzhen saw this scene, and was not angry, but nodded with relief: "Zhou Aiqing is well deserved to be the chief examiner of the examination, and I am approved." ”

A group of courtiers on the royal road kowtowed and thanked him again and again, and even Zhou Yanru, who was pretending to be a bodhisattva, stepped forward quickly, and thanked him on the ground, and the first examiner's recommendation was settled.

Next, the real battle began, Zhou Yanru and a group of elected courtiers had just returned to the train, and the new right attendant of the Ministry of Rites, Wang Yingxiong, immediately walked out of the train, knelt on the royal road and said loudly: "Weichen elected Wen Tiren, a scholar of Dongge University, to be the chief examiner of the examination, Lord Wen is a scholar of the second list of Wuxu Branch, and he is also a Shujishi, and he has served as a senior examiner of the Hanlin Academy, Zhan Shifu, Guozijian, the Ministry of Rites, and the imperial court and the imperial examination-related yamen. It's the best candidate. ”

This Wang Yingxiong is a courtier who is newly attached to Wen Tiren, so he will be pushed out by Wen Tiren's henchmen to take the lead, and his recommendation, Yu Shi Fan, Shilang Tang Shiji, and the right deputy Yu Shi Zhang Jie and other Wen Tiren's henchmen have run out of the train to respond.

However, a strange thing happened, after more than a dozen of Wen Tiren's hardcore cronies came out to be promoted, no one responded to the meeting, and most of the courtiers showed strange faces, standing there like wooden stakes, obviously, they thought that Wen Tiren was not suitable to be the chief examiner of the examination.

It's not that Wen Tiren is not qualified, although not every courtier can be the chief examiner, but there are many who are qualified, and the deputy capital of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and above until the cabinet are qualified, that is to say, the court members above the third rank are qualified, and Wen Tiren is naturally qualified.

However, yesterday's stormy discussion in the capital made most of the courtiers see Wen Tiren's face clearly, this guy's character is really bad, including the remnants of the eunuch party, everyone doesn't want such a person with extremely inferior character to act as the examiner.

Seeing this scene, Chongzhen was obviously a little hesitant, it was not that he didn't want Wen Tiren to be the chief examiner of the examination, he also thought that Wen Tiren was very suitable, but the number of people who were elected was a bit small, thousands of courtiers, more than ten stood up to support, and the difference between the hundreds of people supported by Zhou Yanru just now was too big, and he was a little embarrassed to make a decision!

At this time, someone stood up again, Chongzhen was obviously stunned, and Wen Tiren frowned even more.

Because, standing up is the champion Lang Wen Zhenmeng again!

Wen Tiren knows that this guy is just a stunned young man, and he is not afraid of offending people at all, and the Manchu Dynasty is civil and military, so this guy dares to jump out and be tough with himself.

Why didn't you find a way to get this guy off in the past two days, he should have shot this stupid bird with one shot, Wen Tiren already regretted it a little.

Wen Zhenmeng is still upright and awe-inspiring, and a few simple steps out give people a sense of rigidity, Zhang Bin looked at his figure, and inexplicably remembered "Song of Righteousness" in his mind.

Heaven and earth have righteousness, and miscellaneous manifolds.

The lower part is the river mountain, and the upper part is the sun star.

Yu people say Haoran, full of gloom.

......

This "Song of Righteousness" was made by Wen Zhenmeng's ancestor Wen Tianxiang, perhaps, he grew up singing "Song of Righteousness", so he is so righteous and awe-inspiring.

Alas, it's a pity, such a righteous champion is really born in the wrong era, and the court at this time is not about who is more righteous, but who is darker, who is more ruthless, and who is more shameless!

Zhang Bin didn't dare to win over this kind of person at this time, because he was too strong, and the so-called small intolerable ones were chaotic, and such a person who stood up and was treacherous and tough at every turn did not help him much, and sometimes even bad things.

At this time, I can only watch him play the righteous song of martyrdom for himself in front of the Manchu Dynasty civil and military!

Is Wen Zhenmeng stupid?

Of course he is not stupid, if he is stupid, he can't be a high school champion, he just can't see the villain in charge, that's why he seems so strong.

However, this time, Zhang Bin's letter touched him a lot, and after he knelt down, he did not make a big fuss, but respectfully bowed his hand and said: "Your Majesty, Weichen has a reluctant request." ”

Chongzhen was still very satisfied with Wen Zhenmeng at this time, and when he heard this, he immediately nodded and said, "Well, you say." ”

Wen Zhenmeng continued to say respectfully: "Wechen wants to ask Lord Wen to answer a question head-on, don't talk about him left and right, don't say anything about everyone together to frame one person or something, today, Wechen is alone, asking a very simple thing, and not impeaching Lord Wen, just ask, if this thing is true." ”

Although such a request is a bit inexplicable, it is not too much at all, Chongzhen was just puzzled for a moment, and then nodded and said: "Well, Wen Aiqing, this shouldn't be very difficult, otherwise, you come out and answer Wen Aiqing's question." ”

When Wen Tiren heard this, his heart was cold, he already knew what Wen Zhenmeng was going to ask, how could this stunned young man be so shameless!

Although he was full of reluctance, he had to stand up, although Chongzhen was in a consultative tone, if you really dare to disobey his will in front of the civil and military officials, then there is no need to mix.

He could only pretend to be respectful, walked out of the train quickly, knelt at the top of the royal road, and said loudly: "Weichen obeys the order." ”

Chongzhen nodded with satisfaction, and then looked at Wen Zhenmeng.

Wen Zhenmeng said unhurriedly: "Weichen just wants to ask if the three of Zi Lihua, Cai Ling'er, and Qiu Yueyun are Lord Wen's concubines. ”

This question is really simple, as long as the answer is yes or no, Chongzhen immediately turned his head to look at Wen Tiren.

Wen Tiren's nest fire, sure enough, this is the case, although he is shameless, but he doesn't dare to bully the king in person, this kind of thing, you can know it with a little questioning, how dare he deny it in front of Chongzhen.

He could only nod helplessly: "Yes." ”

When Chongzhen heard this, he couldn't help but be disappointed, he thought there would be some good show to watch, but it ended so simply, the question was very simple, the answer was very simple, and it was not interesting at all.

Is this the end of the matter, of course it can't be, it's just the beginning.

Wen Zhenmeng saw Wen Tiren nodding yes, and immediately arched his hand and said loudly: "Your Majesty, Weichen opposes Lord Wen as the chief examiner of the examination, because Zi Lihua, Cai Ling'er, and Qiu Yueyun are all Qinglou women, and there is a clear provision in the "Da Ming Law" that incumbent officials are not allowed to marry Qinglou women as wives and concubines. Master Wen regarded the "Da Ming Law" as nothing, and if all the candidates learned from him, the consequences would be unimaginable. ”

As soon as his words came out, it immediately set off an uproar in everyone's hearts, you said that you can talk well, why do you have nothing to do with bringing out "Da Ming Law", this doesn't make people unable to get off the stage.

The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty thought that he had changed his sex, and he would speak tactfully, but he didn't expect that this stunned young man was still so rigid!