Chapter 591: The Trouble Caused by the Imperial Examination
Seeing her die tragically in Hong Lim Pavilion, the four girls screamed in anger.
Of course, the scumbag and his accomplices were not able to escape the end of being burned to death by the fire meteor incarnated by Sun Hui.
"Brother Sun, keep burning, don't stop." Wang Linlin said to Sun Hui, "This kind of bad guy, if you burn one more, there will be one less scourge in the world." ”
"If you burn too much, you won't dare to get married, right?" Xiao Tiantian looked at the statistics on the side, it seemed that there was a misalignment of thinking, and asked casually, "After all, getting married now is all about money." ”
"Hehe, this Great Song Dynasty has long been overwhelmed with leftover men, leftover women are all over the mountains, single men and women abound all over the country, even if there is no strong call from the imperial court, they are very conscious of marrying late and having children late, and do not engage in cohabitation, which can be called a great historical wonder." Sun Hui replied with a smile.
"Huh? Could it be that 'unmarriedness' was already prevalent at this time? Wang Linlin asked in surprise.
"Of course not, in the final analysis, everything is the fault of the imperial examination. If the Tang Dynasty was a paradise for extramarital love, and the Ming Dynasty was a paradise for literary ruffians, then the Song Dynasty was a paradise for scholars. Sun Hui said, "They are all busy with the imperial examination, and of course it will be too late to get married." ”
"Is that so?" Xiao Tiantian was taken aback.
"Yes, the reason why I say this is because the Song Dynasty was built on the ruins of five dynasties and ten kingdoms where the emperor changed more frequently than the woman's hairstyle, and many emperors were clicked by the warriors before they could sit on the dragon chair, and Zhao Kuangyin, the founder of the Song Dynasty, also ascended to the throne in the same way. Therefore, Lao Zhao deeply felt threatened by those who practiced martial arts from the bottom of his heart. On the contrary, people who read books deal with words that were not punctuated at that time all day long, and only one tongue is the most lethal on the body, no matter how much they toss, they can splash out a little saliva and drown two heart attacks, and they are absolutely incapable of overthrowing the old Zhao family. Sun Hui explained to them, "Therefore, Lao Zhao reused a lot of literati. First of all, the Song Dynasty implemented a policy of high salaries and incorruptibility, pulling the salaries of civil servants to the highest point that no dynasty could reach, and also paid out large benefits during the New Year's holidays. Secondly, the Song Dynasty had a high salary, but there was no strict supervision and punishment system, in fact, the Song Dynasty's national policy also connived at the corruption of officials, that is, the so-called 'punishment is not a doctor', that is, officials who violate the law will not be punished too heavily. Thirdly, the number of officials in the Song Dynasty was unusually large, and often two or three people held an official position at the same time, which provided convenience for more scholars to enter the officialdom. Of course, the most important point is that the civil officials of the Song Dynasty had a higher status than the military officials. ”
"Good things don't need to be advertised, the officials of the Song Dynasty lived so comfortably, the men in the world naturally couldn't let go, so those who ploughed the fields gnawed books, those who grinded tofu gnawed books, and those who opened teahouses also gnawed books. For a time, four books, five books, pirated books, and books sold well; Literati, coarse people, the elderly, everyone is examined. Men all take the title of the gold list as their ultimate goal, and the slogan at this time is 'start a business first, then start a family', as long as you pass the Jinshi, there will be bread, there will be milk, everything will be there. However, no matter how many black gauze hats in the Song Dynasty were, they could not withstand the men of the whole world to rob them, and the success was always very few. Because the men are busy with exams, seeing books is more beautiful than seeing Yang Guifei, which has caused many men to 'unmarried in their prime', and they have become leftover men one by one. I can't remember where I saw it, but there was a joke about a Hangzhou juzi who was over 70 years old at the time, and a friend humorously congratulated: "It should be a poor child, and life is rare for 70 years." Now I feel that I am noble, and I will be slandered without lotus clothes. 'The emperor knew that after he was 'out of the Shi clan to marry him, Chinese New Year's Eve', so that the good deeds joked: If the newcomer asks what year is Lang's year? Answer: Fifty years ago, twenty-three. ”
"Hahahaha! Fifty Years Ago, Twenty-Three ...... I'm laughing to death......" Wang Linlin squatted down with laughter.
"Linlin, you are still laughing, you are a leftover girl by current standards." Du Lili said with a smile.
"I don't think women in this era are in a hurry." Ye Chuchu blinked and said.
"yes. After all, the eyes of the masses are bright, women are not afraid of anything, they are afraid of marrying the wrong man, and they are so popular as officials, of course, they have to be the wife of officials if they break their heads. This caused a very interesting thing in the Song Dynasty - 'catching a son-in-law under the list'. What does that mean? That is to say, on the day of the release of the list, the bureaucrats and landlords all over the country joined hands with each other, and in the early morning they dispatched the 'son-in-law car' to Jinmingchi on the road to choose Xinke Jinshi as their son-in-law. It is said to be a choice, but in fact it is a grab, and in one day, 'nine out of ten Middle East beds'. In the historical books of the Song Dynasty, this kind of record is not uncommon, such as the time of Zhenzong of the Song Dynasty, Fan Lingsun 'ascended the Jiajia, and people used public auxiliary weapons'. During the reign of Song Renzong, Xu Yan, a scholar of Hanlin, first met Ouyang Xiu, and he was 'surprised at first sight', thinking that 'the son should be famous and famous in the world', and waited for Ouyang Xiu to 'ascend to the throne and take his daughter'; during the Song Dynasty, Cai Bian 'ascended to the throne and took his wife as a daughter'. Like the black yarn hat market, the Jinshi son-in-law market is also in short supply, and the supply is in short supply, so there are very few people who can grab a good son-in-law. wait, for a good day of eating and drinking spicy food, I don't care about waiting for two more years. In this way, I waited last year, waited this year, and finally waited for a large number of leftover women. Sun Hui said, "In addition to the reason for the high vision, the high wedding fee is also one of the reasons for the high production of leftover women." In the Song Dynasty, due to the development of the commodity economy, the whole society showed a bad atmosphere of advocating luxury, and 'the customs were extravagant, and the days were getting worse and worse'. Marrying a wife and daughter is a major event in life, and women in the Song Dynasty were sentenced to prison for divorce, so there were many more marriages from the beginning than in the Tang Dynasty, which forced the dowry fee to rise all the way. Among them, the banquet fee alone is expensive. In addition, the prevalence of catching sons-in-law under the list has created a strong seller's market, and the jinshi have 'married wives and discussed wealth'. For example, during the Chunxi period, after the Tai student Huang Zuozhi ascended to the throne, he became the son-in-law of the king of Ruyang, and he 'got five million' at one time, and suddenly 'spent the poor to become rich'. At that time, even Zhao Hao, the younger brother of Song Shenzong, had to borrow money from the emperor in advance. As other people who are not relatives of the emperor, in order to recruit a good son-in-law, many of them are borrowing money to get married, which is really a rich son-in-law and a poor group of fathers-in-law. ”
"So there are so many negative people, in fact, there is a reason." Ye Chuchu sighed.