On 22 November, the Song Navy was victorious, and the three participating naval divisions sent 5,000 men to escort more than 10,000 prisoners into Beijing to report the victory, and dragged the flagship of the Jinshui Army along the Bianhe River to the outside of the Water Gate. Zhao Ta ordered Xu Jingheng, the prime minister of the left, to lead a hundred officials to meet outside the city, and he personally inspected the naval army on the tower of Xuande Gate and ordered a heavy reward, and ordered the captured Jin army warships to be moored at the wharf, and allowed the people to board the boat to visit.

After the prisoner gift, Zhao Ta gave a banquet to participate in the war of the navy, a thousand tables of banquets were placed on the square outside the Xuande Gate, and more than a dozen tables were also spread out on the city tower to entertain the meritorious officials in the water war, and these people not only have generals, but also only oared sailors, but without exception are heroes in the naval battle, can eat with the emperor, and be accompanied by the deacons This is a thing worth showing off for a lifetime.

The people of Beijing have seen a lot in these years, but it is the first time that such a big banquet has been set up in Beijing, even if there are not so many banquets after the New Year's Day court, and the people in the palace have no chance to join in the fun, this time it is placed on the square in front of the palace, which is a sensation in the whole city, and the onlookers are even more impassable around the square.

In order to prepare this meal, the guilds of Bianjing City also tried their best to help, only pigs and sheep killed thousands of heads, and the major restaurants did not let go of this good opportunity to advertise, at the expense of closing down and suffering losses, sent people to help with money and things, some shopkeepers put down their bodies to personally serve food and pour water, just to be able to see this unprecedented scene, and in the future they can boast that their restaurants have participated in this kind of big scene!

In addition to watching the excitement, there is also a group of special groups involved, they all wear gold and silver, looking at the rich and noble people, pointing at the people on the city tower. Behind them were strong men with serious expressions. rolled up his arms and sleeves as if he was going to rob people. In fact, they have no malicious intentions, and the capital of the Great Song Dynasty has a special marriage culture. That is, on the day of the release of the list, the rich gentry from all over the country set out their families to compete to choose the first scholar as their son-in-law, and the scene was simply a robbery, and the market called it "catching a son-in-law", but there have been some changes in recent years and previous years......

In ancient societies, a woman's marriage was not just a matter of one family entering another, nor was it just a change in one's role from daughter to wife, but she also had a more important mission, that is, to act as a link between the two families. This role was valued in the eyes of the people at the time. Therefore, choosing the ideal marriage partner for a daughter is often a nerve-wracking matter for parents. However, the so-called ideal object is neither the daughter's personal wishes nor the daughter's point of view, but the parents, mainly the father, from the perspective of maintaining and developing the family, and the Song Dynasty is no exception.

The Song Dynasty's official selection system was the imperial examination, and the examination was the main way for the imperial court to select officials, and among the high-ranking officials, those from the imperial examination had an overwhelming advantage. Not only that, but the winners of the imperial examination receive fame and fortune and are well paid. They can also shade their families, be exempted from all bad courses, and become a privileged official class in society. During the Song Dynasty, the economy rose, and the wealthy common people were eager to step into the upper class. "Women are afraid of marrying the wrong man". Since the officials are popular, everyone squeezes their heads to compete to be the "official wife", and the scholars with the title of the gold list have naturally become the first choice for the wealthy families to choose sons-in-law. So that at that time, it was evaluated whether a family was prosperous or not, and whether there was a bright future. One of the key is to see how many people are enrolled in the department or how many women are married to scholars.

The title of the gold list has many benefits. This also leads people to take the exam as the ultimate goal of life. But after all, the official position of the Great Song Dynasty is limited, and it cannot withstand the competition of the world, and only the best are expected to win. Therefore, everyone has to lie down and study hard, and 'not getting married until the first' has become the oath of some people. As a result, many unmarried older young people and even older adults have been created. It also affected the ladies of the Great Song Dynasty, so there was a strange thing of "catching a son-in-law under the list" unique to the Song Dynasty......

After Zhao Ta ascended the throne, the official system was reformed, although the imperial examination was still the basis for selecting officials, but it was no longer the only way, and its privileges were reduced, officials also had to pay taxes according to the law, and the control of yin officials became increasingly strict, and the life of officials was much more difficult than before.

However, with the invasion of the Jurchens and the frequent outbreak of wars, coupled with the emperor's trust in the warriors, the status of military generals in the government and the opposition gradually improved. In addition to the same generous salary, there are also rewards for meritorious service in battle. Soldiers who are recruited into the army can be exempted from conscription and certain taxes at home during the service period, and after retirement, they will also receive a settling-in allowance or a five-year tax exemption according to the number of years and ranks, and even be given priority to be placed in the local government as officials.

Compared with civilian officials, martial artists also have the advantage of being promoted quickly. In the past, the top five in the imperial examination were directly awarded officials, but now even the champion has to go to the grassroots level to start from the lowest eight-grade officials, and after the annual assessment, they can be gradually promoted, and become a five-grade Beijing official, let alone more than ten years. And when a warrior catches up with a war, if he makes great contributions, he is often promoted by leap to the next level, and he will complete the promotion path of a civilian official for more than ten years in one or two years, or he may be able to complete it in a lifetime.

What is also different from the past is that the officers of the new army are no longer all vulgar and reckless martial artists of the past, but most of them are people who have been trained by military academies for many years. Generous treatment, a good environment and a smooth road to promotion have attracted a large number of talented people who have passed the township examination and the provincial examination, and people have given up the imperial examination and entered the military academy to study, so don't be surprised to see a martial artist with a gun and a sword chanting poems, maybe he is the Hui Yuanlang of the provincial examination in a certain state capital.

The change in the status and image of the military naturally attracted the attention of the high-ranking officials and nobles of the government and the opposition, as well as the newly rich, and they no longer focused on the goal of choosing a son-in-law under the 'champion list', and those outstanding officers also became their new hunting targets. Today, the person who can go up to the city tower and feast with the emperor must be the soldier who has made a special honor in the annihilation of the Jinshui Army, and it is certain that the official will be knighted, and the future is needless to say, so after listening to the letter, he rushed to pick a son-in-law, which also made the celebration banquet a little more laughing!

"Do you have unmarried daughters and granddaughters in your Aiqing family? The people downstairs are ready, if you have a fancy to it, I can give the marriage on the spot, take it first! Zhao Ta smiled and said to several bigwigs in the building, thinking that the lowest person who can sit in the city tower with the emperor must be a scholar and a squire.

"Your Majesty, the daughters of the ministers have been married for many years, and the granddaughters have also set up family affairs, or you really have to ask Your Majesty to be a matchmaker, but unfortunately there is no chance!" Zhou Xingji touched his beard and said regretfully.

"Mr. Kameyama regrets what happened back then, and he didn't respond to the Feng family's relatives, otherwise he would have been ranked as the ruler a long time ago, where are there so many twists and turns!" Xu Jingheng joked to him.

"Eh, people have young aspirations, there are old people, although the career of the old and decrepit youth was bumpy, but since following His Majesty, he has been going up every year, and the Feng family has long been defeated, how can happiness and misfortune be changed by a family matter!" Zhou Xingji sighed.

"Where are there many shortcuts in the world, but the world doesn't know that back then, Cai Jing, Zhu Mian and other human rights leaned towards the government and the opposition, and the servants in the house all had official bodies, and officials and pawns flocked to them. But overnight, the song ended, and Cai Jing ended up starving to death in the wilderness. Zhu Mian is even more headed, and his family members go their own way, some live on the streets, some pick dung and grow vegetables, some flow thousands of miles, and who still thinks of them, I am afraid that they can't avoid it! Li Gang was both from others to himself, and also sighed that if he hadn't been valued by the Queen Mother, the emperor would not have given up, and he would still be idle in that wild place at the moment.

"Hehe, it's a happy event now, why do you mention the past again, this upstairs is full of talents in the army, but it is worthy of the daughters of the house!" Zhao Ta said with a smile, he didn't think so, now the Great Song Dynasty is transitioning from emphasizing agriculture and light commerce to paying equal attention to agriculture and commerce, and after the status of merchants is improved, there will be no such strange appearance.

"Your Majesty, everything in our house is a trivial matter, but Your Majesty should choose a beautiful girl, recruit concubines, and spread branches for the royal family, this is a major matter related to the country's foundation, the Queen Mother has mentioned it to the ministers several times, let the ministers advise Your Majesty!" Up to now, there are only five concubines around the emperor, and it is still a miniature version of the United Nations, and there are not many heirs, there are only three princes and four princesses for so many years, the insurance coefficient is too small, and there is not much room for choosing an heir.

"Your Majesty, the left minister is reasonable, earlier His Majesty had no time to take care of it, but now the Quartet has been decided, the country is peaceful, and His Majesty should enrich the harem for the country and the people!" Li Gang also joined in the fun, and several other people also nodded frequently.

"I only heard that the ministers advised the emperor to draft fewer draft girls so as not to harass the people, or to release the palace maids to reduce expenses, why did they persuade me to recruit concubines together today, are you all traitors!" Zhao Ta pointed to the noses of several Zaizhi and said, "Oh, I understand, you think that the world is peaceful and you can enjoy happiness, and you also want to buy some singers and concubines, so you join forces to pull me into the water!" ”

"Your Majesty is laughing, the ministers have no such intentions!" Li Gang said with a red face.

"Your Majesty, the ministers are indeed for the country, for the sake of Your Majesty, and they have no selfish intentions!" Xu Jingheng also hurriedly argued.

"There is no best, now the business of the Great Song Dynasty is becoming more and more prosperous, and many people have become rich because of this, but some people are rich and unkind, and they live a luxurious life, and they just want to cling to the powerful and do not want to forge ahead, and the world will go down for a long time!" Zhao Ta lowered his face and said, "As the king of a country, I can't open up extravagance, you Aiqing is in a high position and is a model for hundreds of officials and the people, and your behavior is emulated by others, and you must be self-disciplined to prevent upward and downward effects, and re-take the old road of losing the country!" ”

"The ministers must follow the teachings of His Majesty!" Everyone didn't expect a good intention, but let the emperor take the opportunity to teach him a lesson, but it is also a blessing for the country to have a gentleman like this...... (To be continued......)