Near Nanya, a brand-new small courtyard is hidden among the flowers and trees, which looks delicate and chic, and the neighbors all know that this is the new mansion built by Murong Zhi, the head of the forbidden army, in a few months.

It is said that the Murong family was born in the Tuyuhun royal family, in the ninth year of the former Tang Taizong, the Tang army defeated the Tuguhun king Fu Yun, the Tuguhun was divided into two parts, the west was led by Fu Yunzi Dayan Mangjiebo, living in Shanshan, and later subdued Tubo, Tubo was called 'Achai' or 'Ashi'.

The eastern part was led by Murong Shun, the eldest son of Fu Yun, who lived in the city of Fu and attached to the Tang Dynasty, and was named the king of Xiping County by the Tang Dynasty. Murong Zhi is a descendant of Murong Shun, the king of Xiping County.

After hundreds of years of vicissitudes, Murong Shun's descendants have long become ordinary people and integrated with the Han people, and Murong Zhi is also proud of being a Han person, rarely mentioning that the ancestors are Tuyuhun people.

He didn't get along well in the forbidden army, but since last year, he suddenly came to work. I heard that he was favored by Yang University Scholar of the DPRK and China, and he was promoted to the head of the capital, and when he went to Japan, he made great contributions and received a rich reward.

As for what credit he has made, although the neighbors have inquired in many ways, Murong Zhi has always been secretive and does not mention a word, and others do not know.

But it is always impossible to climb the high branch of Scholar Yang, no, a brand new house has been built. The spring breeze is not only proud of this thing, Murong Zhi and the second daughter of Fulufang Qian Yuanwai have a small engagement, Qian Yuanwai looked down on Murong Zhi as a vulgar military man in the past, and he was reluctant to marry his daughter through the door.

Don't mention it now, take the initiative to come to the door to urge Murong Zhi to get hired earlier and pick up his daughter through the door, Murong Zhi is twenty-three this year, and the parents in the hall can't wait to hold their grandson.

The two hit it off, and the procedures such as asking for names, Najib, and hiring were completed in a few days, and the auspicious day of the zodiac to welcome relatives was today.

After being promoted and making a fortune, the Murong family's dowry gifts were all good choices, and the banquet of the marriage was taken care of by the famous chef of the Sun family's main store.

On the day of the wedding, something unpleasant happened, Murong was dressed in red flowers, riding a tall horse, walking in front of the wedding team with a radiant face, and the drums and bands on both sides were blowing and beating, so it was not lively.

Just at the place where he was about to go to Fulufang, suddenly a monk of Mani Temple blocked the way and said on the street: "The God of Light has come to the world, admonishing the people of the world to be diligent and thrifty, the donor is going against the sky, wantonly extravagance, the demon of darkness has descended on the donor, if you do not immediately believe in the words of the God of Light and seek the protection of the God of Light, the donor may have a catastrophe in the near future." ”

On the day of great joy, being so defeated, Murong Zhi couldn't help but be furious, he was originally a martial artist, and suddenly jumped off the horse in anger, punched and kicked the Mani monk, and shouted angrily: "You demon monk is looking for death, today is the day of great joy of a certain family, you dare to bewitch the public, let a certain family get bad luck, see if you don't kill you!" ”

The Namani monk didn't fight back, and let Murong Zhi add his fists and feet, and there were words in his mouth: "The God of Light persuades people to do good deeds and accumulate virtues, and to be diligent and thrifty, which is originally a good intention, but the world is obsessed, extravagant and wasteful, don't you know that it is difficult to escape the catastrophe......"

"I let you be in trouble, aren't you powerful and profound? Let's save you first! Don't get out of the way, watch someone beat you into a meatloaf! Murong Zhi was even more furious, and his iron fist rained down on the Namani monk, hitting him with a blue nose and swollen face, and blood oozing from his mouth and nose.

The procession to welcome relatives has attracted many people to watch, and as soon as the accident happened, the audience was even more crowded.

People gathered around, pointing and arguing, and some thought that this Manichaean monk should be beaten, and on this happy day, who could stand to say such bad things to the bridegroom's officials?

There are also people who sympathize with the Namani monk, after all, this monk advises people to be frugal and do good, which is also a good intention, and now he can't fight back, and he doesn't scold back, it looks like he is sacrificing his life to feed the tiger, and if I don't go to hell, who will go to hell.

The controversy caused chaos in the streets, with supporters and opponents arguing over their own words, and the two sides almost fought, but fortunately, the men from the Five Cities Terracotta Division arrived in time to stabilize the scene.

The Mani monk, who was beaten so that he couldn't stand up, was taken away by the people of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses, and the matter came to an end.

Coincidentally, Murong Zhi is not the only one who chooses to marry on this auspicious day of the zodiac, and there are at least ten families in Tokyo who choose to marry today. Like Zhang Jie, the eldest man of the Zhang family in Fuqingfang, he also chose to get married today.

But all those who had a lavish wedding were admonished by the monks of Mani Temple, and most of them were beaten like Murong Zhi's side.

Two days later, the matter had just calmed down a bit, but suddenly even more alarming news came out.

Ignoring the dissuasion, Murong Zhi, who beat people on the street, was struck by lightning at night and escaped with his life, but one leg was seriously injured and was carried to Baicaotang for treatment.

And his father-in-law, Qian Yuanwai's house, was also struck by lightning, although the thunder did not hurt anyone, but it caused a fire and burned down the courtyard.

At that time, the neighbors who rushed to fight the fire saw Qian Yuan kneeling in the courtyard and crying, and kept kowtowing to the heavens and praying, promising to accumulate virtue and be diligent and thrifty in the future.

Strange to say, after the money clerk repeatedly kowtowed and prayed, heavy rain fell from the sky, and the fire was quickly extinguished!

If this is still a coincidence, then what happened next is even more bizarre, because Murong Zhi was not the only one who was struck by lightning that night.

Zhang Jie of Fuqingfang was also struck by a thunderbolt and injured a leg, and his father-in-law's family also caught fire due to lightning strikes. Now the family can only go to the Mani Temple to borrow a place to live, and by the way, they confess to the God of Light.

This matter is not over, the bridegroom who did not listen to the advice of the Mani monks that day, in the next day or two, there were all kinds of accidents, all of them hung by a thread, and the injuries were not light.

And the strange things are not only these, such as the Ming Dianfang family is usually extravagant, these days in the backyard suddenly grew a stone stele, the stele has the inscription of "diligent and thrifty housekeeping, health and happiness".

There is also a wealthy family digging the foundation and digging out a statue of a god, and there is a word in the belly, "accumulate virtue and do good, you can keep peace." ”

Strange things like this continue to appear in the vicinity of Gyeonggi, and now the tabloids in Tokyo no longer mention the anecdotes of Scholar Young, and all of them publish them one after another, and a large number of people have gathered in the streets and alleys, and there are many people gathering everywhere in the fence of Vasheri, and there is a lot of discussion about it.

The son is silent, and the strange force is confused. Even Sage Kong didn't dare to say that there were no ghosts and gods in this world, he just avoided talking about it. Who dares to doubt the power of the gods? At the end of the discussion, people's voices couldn't help but be quiet, and many people chose to go to Mani Temple to burn incense and worship Buddha to pray for peace.

This incident has not only set off an earth-shattering wave among the people, but also the DPRK and China are arguing endlessly.

Many officials began to write books, discussing the harm brought by extravagance to the Great Song Dynasty, hoping that the imperial court would vigorously advocate frugality, avoid excessive waste, and carry out the marriage of one tael of gold, five taels of silver, six taels of colored satin, and forty horses of miscellaneous silk. In the middle of the gold five coins, silver four taels, color satin four tables, miscellaneous silk thirty horses. Under the household silver three taels, color satin three tables, miscellaneous silk fifteen horses of regulations.

Zhang Dian, Su Song, Li Qingchen, Yang Yi and others also came forward to advocate frugality, under the general trend, Empress Dowager Liu was as good as flowing, first let the emperor Zhao Jie go to the southern suburbs to worship, in order to calm the world.

Then the holy decree was issued to the world, exhorting the people of Li to be diligent and thrifty, not to be extravagant and wasteful, in addition, there is an important content in the holy decree, that is, in the marriage, if the dowry exceeds the regulations of the imperial court, the imperial court will give additional taxes to the violators.

Ordinary people are 25 taxes and 1, and whoever violates the rules will be charged 20 taxes and 1. If it is a merchant family without land, the commercial tax will be increased from 30 to 20 taxes.

As soon as this holy decree came out, there was an uproar around the world.

The imperial court holds the banner of "diligence and thrift", and there are not many people who oppose it, and even Lao Su does not dare to play any more "Xuanli must also be happy".

Fan Chunren has always been known for his frugality, a few years ago he was the prefect of Henan in Xijing, and invited Yang Yi to his home as a guest, and there was only one meat dish on the table.

The dignified prefect, in addition to poetry and books, other furnishings in the home are not as good as ordinary Chinese homes.

The imperial court advocated a thrifty style, and Fan Chunren naturally praised it, and personally wrote an article to advocate thrift to the world, but he did not agree with the article that if the people violated the rules, they would raise taxes, and believed that such a punishment was too heavy, and the punishment should be reduced and changed to long-term guidance from the government.

Fan Chunren and Su Dongpo are the only old people left in the old party, and their prestige among the people even exceeds that of Zhang Dun, who is the prime minister. With him coming forward to show his approval, the effect is even more significant.

Yang Yi also understands that the struggle against luxury is by no means a thunderstorm to sit back and relax, in the future, we must persist for a long time, starting from the royal family and the imperial court, the royal family and clan marriage also need to set rules, can not be unrestrained extravagance and waste, the court to hold various ceremonies The cost must also be reformulated, like the previous suburban worship of nearly 10 million yuan can no longer be seen.

At present, the government hall is discussing these things, and it is easier to have a suburban ceremony, but for example, the Zhengdan ceremony is relatively troublesome because of the participation of envoys from various countries, and it is necessary to consider the choice between the country's image and the trade-offs, so it is impossible to finalize it in one day.

On this day, Yang Yi went home, passed by Baicaotang, and went in to visit Murong Zhi and Zhang Jie who were "thundered", in a side room in the inner courtyard, these two guys were wrapped in thick cloth strips on their legs, and they were lying on the couch chatting and farting.

One talks about the interesting story of his experience as a spy officer, and the other is the eight-sided majesty of the flintlock pistol unit, foaming at the mouth in the room, how can there be any unlucky appearance of being struck by lightning?

Yang Yi walked in and said with a smile: "Brothers, this is a big disaster, there will be a blessing!" ”

"Your Excellency, are you here? The two subordinates are not good at this leg, and they are rude! ”

Yang Yi found a stool by himself, sat down and said with a smile: "Don't toss these things, take care of your injuries, just two days after the wedding, you were injured and bedridden, you should blame me in my heart, right?" ”

In order to pretend to be more realistic this time, although the two of them were not really struck by lightning, they were really injured in their legs, and they also got some ash that day, making the wounds charred and black.

"I'm an adult, what is this little injury! Adults don't have to worry about it, it'll be fine in two days. ”

"Well, you guys are so healthy and recuperating, I will let people take care of the affairs of the family, rest assured!"

"Thank you, sir!"

(To be continued)