Chapter 486 Arriving at Bianjing, the richest city in the Northern Song Dynasty!
It was not easy to go out. Li Yan came to the inner house from the martial arts training ground and began to dress under Lin San's service.
The Lin family is undoubtedly a well-off family. Later, Lin Chong used a thousand guan to buy a sword that almost killed him. How much will this thousand guan be worth in future generations?
In the early Tang Dynasty of the previous world, the purchasing power of one penny was barely equivalent to two yuan of RMB in later generations, and the purchasing power of one penny was barely equivalent to two RMB in later generations. However, due to the great difference in specific records, there are many different opinions on the price of goods in the Song Dynasty.
, the purchasing power of one penny hovers around the range of thirty cents to one yuan.
According to the calculation of seventy cents, 770 Wen in the Song Dynasty was a consistent currency, and one thousand Guan was 770,000 Wen, which is equivalent to about 540,000 RMB in later generations.
This is really quite a lot. The Song Dynasty emphasized civility and suppressed military affairs, but the wages and benefits of military attachés were no less than those of civilian officials, and some were even more. It was just that they were often oppressed mentally.
So when Lin San opened the closet, Li Yan looked inside and found that he had quite a lot of clothes. What made him frown was: "Why are there even hoodies and sweatshirts for scholar-bureaucrats?"
The hoodie was worn by the scholar-officials in the Northern Song Dynasty when socializing. It consisted of a black gauze hat, a Zaoluo shirt, a horn belt, etc. The hoodie was a garment created by the scholar-officials in Bianjing in the mid-Northern Song Dynasty for the convenience of traveling on horseback. It was covered over the court uniform to prevent dust and dust.
Dust and maintain your appearance.
Lin San whispered: "Alang prepared these for Erlang."
Li Yan understood: "My father also wants me to take part in the imperial examination, so it's not surprising..."
Lin Yuanjing hoped that his son could take the imperial examination. After all, the Song Dynasty was a national imperial examination. Even the sons of businessmen could participate, and naturally the children of military attachés could also participate. However, the admission rate often lowered the admission rate, making the Jinshi look more valuable.
Li Yan was interested in reforming the imperial examination, but was not interested in taking the imperial examination himself. He moved his eyes away from the scholar-bureaucrat's style: "Get a well-fitting white robe."
The robe was the most common clothing for men in the Song Dynasty. Those with official status wore soap robes, those without official status but with better living conditions wore white robes, and common people wore cloth robes. Sometimes there were also changes.
Li Yan always wears clothes according to his status. He will neither go overboard nor dress shabbily to deliberately cause trouble.
Lin San chose a white robe, then chose a forehead wipe and tied it on his forehead, and then chose a leather belt.
Ancient dignitaries often used belts to show their status and distinguish men's social status.
The Song Dynasty divided this point very carefully. The belts were decorated with various ornaments. The third rank and above were matched with jade; the fourth rank was matched with gold; the fifth and sixth ranks were matched with silver and gold; the seventh rank and internal military attachés were matched with silver; the eighth and ninth ranks were matched with black.
Silver; for foreign officials, businessmen, scholars, and ordinary people, iron and horn are used.
Lin San looked at the horn ornaments on the belt and sighed with emotion: "Erlang, when you become a ninth-grade official, you can wear a black silver belt!"
Li Yan smiled and didn't answer.
After tidying up his appearance, he took Lin San and walked out of the house.
The Lin family lives in the inner city of Bianjing. The most prosperous area in the inner city is undoubtedly the Daxiangguo Temple located in the center of Kaifeng Prefecture. This is not entirely because the people worship Buddhism, but because there is a huge trading market with all kinds of groceries.
Everything you need.
However, Li Yan did not go to the Daxiangguo Temple, but came to the Royal Street in Bianjing.
From Xuandemen to Nanxunmen, there is an imperial street that is ten miles long and 220 paces wide.
He took Lin San with him and merged into the crowd.
The first impression of Chang'an in the Tang Dynasty is that it is neat and tidy.
Not only are the streets horizontal and vertical, but merchants' shops are also concentrated in designated squares. Therefore, when walking on Zhuque Street, which is also an imperial road, there are rows of elm and locust trees on both sides, and behind the square walls is the deep house compound.
, with cornices and heavy buildings, the whole city is majestic and solemn.
The first impression given to Bianjing in the Song Dynasty is that it was lively.
There were no longer flat walls on both sides of the street, but instead shops and vendors, with all kinds of shouts, busy traffic, and a steady flow of people. It had a vague flavor of the prosperous metropolis of later generations, which made Li Yan look a little nostalgic.
People are like this. I used to be used to seeing prosperous metropolises. When I first saw a regular city like Chang'an, I particularly liked it. Later I got used to the city system of Chang'an and Luoyang. Then I looked at Bianjing, a prosperous metropolis that resembled that of later generations.
I like this feeling of being so popular.
Just watching, Li Yan couldn't help but think of the Jingkang scandal more than twenty years later.
The smile slowly disappeared.
There is a famous rumor in later generations that during the Wu Huan period, Han women were treated like two-legged sheep.
This is false. This paragraph does not exist in official historical records.
Jie Hu's use of Han women as military rations and Ran Min's subsequent order to kill Hu are both products of internet fiction.
Ran Min is a standard politician with no national stance. When he needs to help the Hu people, he helps the Hu people, and when he needs to help the Han people, he helps the Han people. As for the real origin of the two-legged sheep, it is a literary note from the Song Dynasty. Guess what it describes.
When was it?
Yes, it was during the Jingkang period.
Perhaps later generations of rumormongers felt that the humiliation of Jingkang was so tragic that it did not need to be described at all, so they moved it forward and moved it to Wu Huan Hua.
Li Yan is not a pessimistic person, but when he walked on the streets of Bianjing, a city that was gorgeous and prosperous and ranked among the best in the world, he couldn't help but sigh when he thought about the most humiliating period of history.
Lin San noticed his emotional changes: "Erlang, what's wrong with you?"
Li Yan said: "I thought of a tragic disaster. Now that I'm here, it's not difficult to stop it. The main thing is what happens after stopping it? Some things still can't be changed..."
Lin San looked confused: "I can't understand what Erlang said..."
Li Yan was not in a hurry: "It doesn't matter, let's take a look first, observe and observe, and then talk about other things."
Lin San still didn't understand. As someone who had lived in Bianjing since childhood, he looked around and whispered: "Erlang, the new emperor has ascended the throne and granted amnesty to the world. Nothing has changed on the streets?"
For the people at the bottom, changing the emperor is nothing. The key is to amnesty the world. If any relatives and friends are in prison or have escaped, they will have the opportunity to wash away their crimes and start a new life.
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Huizong? Let’s look at the golden people in the distance, family members!
Now that we think about the shame of Jingkang, Zhao Ji, who has just ascended the throne and is only 18 years old today, is a topic that has to be talked about.
Many people think that Li Zhi's throne fell from the sky. If Li Chengqian hadn't committed suicide, Li Zhi wouldn't have had his turn. But Li Zhi was at least the legitimate son of Empress Changsun. The one who really picked up the throne for free was actually born in
Zhao Ji is the worst among all the princes.
So how did the future Emperor of Flowers and Birds fall from the sky and pick up the Emperor of the Song Dynasty for nothing?
Because he has no mother.
Well, that seems a bit vulgar, so let’s put it another way.
Because his mother is dead.
On the twelfth day of the first lunar month of this year, Zhezong died suddenly. Not to mention having no heirs, he didn't even leave a legacy. The inheritance rights naturally fell to his five brothers.
Zhezong's half-brother was still alive, and he was already sixteen years old. The prime minister suggested that he be his son. This was normal, but Empress Dowager Xiang was unwilling because Song Zhezong's biological mother, Concubine Zhu, was still alive. If this half-brother succeeded to the throne, then Xiang would
The Queen Mother's power was difficult to guarantee, so she vetoed the five brothers on the grounds that they were all concubines and had no different reasons.
The concubines were indeed concubines, and none of them were born to the Queen Mother. Two of them had biological mothers who were still alive, and two of them had died. However, their biological mothers’ adoptive mother was a concubine of Emperor Renzong, so she could serve as a backer.
Only Zhao Ji, whose biological mother was the Master Attendant of Yeting, was of low status and died of illness at a young age. The motherless child turned into a treasure and was noticed by the Empress Dowager Xiang.
As soon as Zhao Ji ascended the throne, he immediately "shared the authority to deal with military and state affairs" with the Queen Mother, which actually meant that "military and state affairs were left alone" and became the fourth Queen Mother Regent in the Northern Song Dynasty.
Historically, in July of this year, Empress Dowager Xiang removed the curtains as agreed, but did not intend to return to power. Even if she did not dare to compete with Wu Zetian, Liu E could still imitate...
As a result, the old woman was defeated by the eighteen-year-old Zhao Ji.
He is both good at food and fun-loving.
At this stage of the Northern Song Dynasty, there were too many problems. The subsequent subjugation of the country was actually a historical inevitability. Changing the emperor would not necessarily make it any better. Unless it was a great man descended from heaven, it would have to be destroyed.
But it was so easy to be destroyed, and the humiliation of Jingkang was so humiliating. This is a historical accident. The root cause is that Zhao Ji came to power, and the Empress Dowager will definitely take the blame.
Li Yan walked along, habitually thinking about the emperor and the queen mother, and suddenly found that Lin San behind him was frequently looking in one direction, and many men on the street were also walking in that direction in a hurry, and he couldn't help but ask: "
Where is that going?”
Lin San smiled mischievously: "Erlang, they are going to see a naughty girl!"
Li Yan raised his eyebrows: "Nvqi... Do women fight for sex?"
Lin San's eyes lit up: "Erlang is also interested? Then should we go and have a look too?"
Li Yanqi said: "Since the Renzong Dynasty, Wen Guogong entered the "On the Sumo Wrestling Form of Women in Shangyuan Order" and banned women from competing for sex in nude scenes. Is there still the kind you like to watch in Bianjing now?"
Wen Guogong was Sima Guang who died fourteen years ago. Logically speaking, he should be called Wen Zhenggong, but Li Yan would call Fan Zhongyan Wen Zhenggong, but he didn't like to call Sima Guang that way, so he replaced him with Guo Gong.
Lin San didn't even know who Duke Wen was, but he heard about the traitorous official who suppressed women's sumo wrestling. He gritted his teeth and laughed again: "It is true that nudity is not allowed, but if the clothes are not torn and damaged, it is helpless.
Hehehe, women are more popular now!"
Li Yan: "..."
Is it true that there are policies from above and countermeasures from below? Nude scenes are not allowed, so you just show off your shirt? I really understand this aspect...
Seeing the young master's interest, Lin San was even more excited, and said with all his treasures: "If Erlang is interested, you must not miss the recent fighting show. Among the performers are 'Han Chunchun', 'Jin Lebo', 'Sai Mao Duo' and others."
Hurry up, they are all famous women, they arrived late, and they didn’t even have a place to stand even if they didn’t have money!”
"What are these names?"
Li Yan laughed, but said reasonably: "Well, since you are so eager, I will reluctantly take you to take a look!"