The people who were blocked outside immediately started making noises when they saw the parade, with applause, cheers and screams. The congested people automatically made way for the parade to pass without being driven away by officers and soldiers. Both sides of the street
The shops and the two-story wooden buildings were crowded with people. Everyone looked at the three lucky ones with envy. Someone sprinkled flower petals down the street. It was like rain of petals, a flood of praises, and a crowd of people.
Jade is like a horse, like a dragon. At this moment in life, what else can I ask for?
The route of the parade is from Yujie to the west, through Junyi Bridge Street, through Taiping Xingguo Temple Heng Street, to the west to Liangmen Square in the west of the inner city. Then it turns south, turns back from the Bianhe Water Gate to the east, and passes through Bianhe Avenue all the way east.
Arrive at Lijing Gate, the east gate of the inner city. The entire parade route is fixed. This is the most prosperous place in Bianliang City. If you really want to tour both the inner city and the outer city, you may not be able to go until dark.
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Crowds of people surrounded the parade heading west, and soon after passing Junyi Bridge Street, they arrived at Taiping Xingguo Temple Square. The people here are even denser. The buildings on both sides of the street are also two-story, up and down, left and right, and even on the roadside.
The trees were crowded with people. People shouted the name of the top pick and the second-place pick, and the three people in red robes also waved and saluted frequently.
Just when they were about to reach Liangmen Street after passing through the west end of the square, suddenly there was a loud sound of drums and suona in the street in front. It seemed like a procession of sending off relatives suddenly appeared on the street in front, blocking the route of the procession.
Get up. The parade had to stop, and a leader of the cavalry in front of the palace who was escorting the parade hurriedly went to check.
Lin Jue sat on the horse and stretched his neck to look forward. He found that the procession in front of him was a little strange. In addition to a large sedan decorated with red silk flowers and seven or eight drummers playing the flute, there were dozens of people following behind.
They were all empty-handed and dressed in short clothes. They didn't carry any gifts or dowry.
"Get out of the way, Tan Hwa Lang, the new top pick in the list, is parading around the capital. Don't block the road. Get out of the way first. Why are so many people blocking the middle of the road?" The little cavalry leader came forward to negotiate. This is the team welcoming the bride.
We can't get into trouble with others, we can only negotiate with them in a friendly manner.
"Captain Lu, do you know me?" An old man appeared from behind the sedan and spoke with a smile.
The little leader of the cavalry in front of the palace is called Lu Qing. He is usually responsible for guarding the palace gates. He is very familiar with the officials who often come in and out of the palace. When he saw the old man appearing, he immediately recognized him.
"Hey, isn't this Deputy Prime Minister Qian? Why are you here? Didn't I just see you in the palace with the new scholars?" Lu Qing hurriedly dismounted from his horse and saluted.
Qian Qianyi chuckled and said: "Yes, I was the examiner just now, so naturally I had to bring the new scholar to the palace to meet him. Now that I have handed over the errand, the big exam is over, I am no longer the examiner."
Lu Qing said hurriedly: "I see, then Vice Minister Qian, is there any happy event at home? Is this a wedding send-off or a wedding reception?"
Qian Qianyi laughed and said: "Don't send me off or pick me up, I'm here to steal the bride. Lieutenant Lu, please don't misunderstand the person who is chasing you. I'm here to capture someone and take him home as my son-in-law. Don't ruin my affairs."
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Lu Qing said in astonishment: "Rob...rob the bride? Who?"
Qian Qianyi stretched out his hand and pointed to Lin Jue, who was sitting on the horse looking left and right, and said: "He is the number one scholar in this class. I want to catch my son-in-law and take him home to be his son-in-law. Lieutenant Lu, I want to catch your son-in-law."
You know, we have this rule in the Zhou Dynasty. This matter is not illegal. Lieutenant Lu, get out of the way, I am going to take action."
Lu Qing's mouth opened wide in shock, and his eyes almost fell to the ground. How could he not know that someone wanted to catch a son-in-law? This was a popular marriage custom in the Zhou Dynasty. Since the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the trend of well-matched marriages has gradually declined.
Since the founding of the Zhou Dynasty, the status of literati has been rising steadily, which has given rise to a custom. After the Golden List nominees leap over the dragon gate, regardless of their origin, they become the favorites of everyone. Therefore, when it comes to the choice of marriage,
It is basically the consensus of wealthy families to marry their daughters to scholars.
However, after all, there are still not many people who can be named on the gold list, so this is a fiercely competitive market. Therefore, after each imperial examination, some people began to send people directly to invite high school students home to discuss marriage on the day the gold list was released. For
For these scholars, although they have been named on the gold list, many of them are from poor backgrounds and have low status. Nowadays, if the daughter of a wealthy family is willing to marry him, it naturally satisfies both psychological needs and financial conditions.
Naturally, the two sides hit it off.
At the beginning of the popularity of this trend, some people criticized this unethical behavior. However, this move was encouraged by the imperial court. Emperor Zhenzong, the third emperor of the Zhou Dynasty, not only did not ban it, but also wrote the so-called "self-evident in the book"
There is a psalm to encourage students to learn, "There is a face like jade, there are thousands of bells of millet in the book, and there is a house of gold in the book." This is a half-serious and half-ridiculous affirmation of this matter.
It was the basic national policy of the Great Zhou Dynasty to emphasize literature and suppress military force. It was for the sake of the long-term stability of the Great Zhou Dynasty and to eliminate all hidden dangers that could lead to the mistakes of the previous dynasty and to concentrate military power in the hands of the emperor. Therefore, anyone who can promote reading is good and reading is good.
We can't let go of anything glorious. From the perspective of Zhenzong, this incident is the best excuse for propaganda.
Later, someone added fuel to the flames and wrote a poem like "The night of flowers and candles in the bridal chamber, when the gold medal is named", as if the bridal chamber should be decorated with flowers and candles after the name of the gold medal is named. Double happiness at the moment of success in life has become a fashion. So this is the trend of catching a son-in-law.
Then it started to become popular.
At first it was to invite people home, but then there were too many monks and too few people to live in. Two or three families took a fancy to one person and began to rob him. It caused an uproar and became a unique scenery in the capital. For a long time, this was what the people did after the major exams in each subject.
A piece of gossip entertainment content that has been eagerly anticipated, and a topic that can be talked about after dinner.
Of course, all this must be voluntary and ethical. If you catch a new scholar who already has a wife, you can only consider yourself unlucky and let him go. There is a joke circulating in the capital. During the Jinxiu years, a big family in the capital met.
A new Jinshi was selected, so he sent dozens of slaves from the red list to kidnap him back to the mansion without asking any questions. When the owner of a wealthy family asked him if he was willing, the Jinshi said: "Of course I am willing.
Yes, but I don’t know if my old wife at home is willing to let me go home and discuss it with her." The whole hall burst into laughter, and then let the Jinshi go.
But a joke is a joke, which fully shows that the custom of catching a son-in-law under the official list has reached the point of being greedy for food. Age and appearance are not considered, and they are not even asked whether the other person is married. It is inevitable to make jokes.
However, this kind of thing will eventually bring about some bad things. During the Jinxiu years, several incidents of great influence happened in succession. Some people had evil intentions. After winning the Jinshi, they wanted to find another high branch and marry the daughter of a wealthy family as their wife.
So he concealed the fact that he had a bad wife at home. In the end, the incident was exposed and his reputation was ruined. What's more, a new scholar in Jiangnan East Road caused a big case. In order to hide the fact, he married the minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs.
He actually killed his wife, who was already married to his wife, with his own hands. This case caused a stir throughout the country, and many people began to reflect on the custom of catching a son-in-law under the official title, and requested the court to ban it.
After these things happened, the custom of catching a son-in-law under the official list gradually cooled down. In fact, it was not explicitly prohibited by the court, but the court announced that it would not encourage this custom and encourage normal marriages, especially for wealthy families in the capital.
Special warnings were given. In this way, the rich and powerful families do not want to take a trip into this muddy water. Once these people withdraw, the trend of catching son-in-laws under the rankings will naturally decline. After all, even if you catch those new scholars from ordinary families, they will come in.
I will definitely not agree to it. Only the daughter of a wealthy family is truly attractive.
For more than 20 years, the custom of catching a son-in-law under the official list has almost disappeared. People rarely talk about it, but it does not mean that no one knows about this custom.
Therefore, when Qian Qianyi made it clear that he wanted to capture his son-in-law and take the number one scholar back home to get married, Lu Qing was naturally shocked and speechless. But this was not illegal, and the court did not explicitly prohibit it. For a moment, he
Don't know what to do either.
"Captain Lu, don't worry. This matter has nothing to do with you. I'll go back to the emperor and explain it myself. Lieutenant Lu will continue to parade around the streets with the second-place pick and the third-best pick. Come on, catch me quickly. Don't let the top pick."
He ran away." Qian Qianyi shouted loudly, blowing his gray beard.
The dozens of strong men behind him heard the words and swarmed up, shouting and rushing towards the parade in front.
"What are you doing? What are you doing?" The cavalrymen in front of the palace shouted loudly, and some of them had already begun to draw their weapons.
"You are not allowed to do anything! Lord Qian is here to catch your son-in-law, and all the brothers can just watch." Lu Qing came to his senses and shouted loudly.
"Catch the son-in-law under the list?" The soldiers and the people watching around were stunned and speechless. Everyone watched helplessly as the strong men swarmed up, blocked the champion's horse, and pulled the champion off the horse.
He grabbed him and carried him away, half carrying and half supporting him, laughing and joking.
Lin Jue also looked confused. He didn't know that there was such a thing as catching a son-in-law. When he saw a group of strong men rushing towards him in a daze, they dragged him off the horse and took him away without saying a word. Lin Jue panicked.
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"What are you doing? What are you doing?" Lin Jue was dancing and struggling.
"Hee hee, No. 1 Scholar, don't struggle, your good luck has come. Our Vice Minister Qian is going to call you as his wife's soon-to-be son-in-law. This is a double happiness."
"Come on, how many people dream of such a good thing? Why are you making such a fuss? My new uncle should treat the children better in the future. Give them more money, hehe."
All the men were laughing and joking, grabbing their hands, grabbing their feet, pinching their shoulders, and hugging their necks. Lin Jue didn't have any martial arts skills and couldn't move at all. No matter how hard he struggled,
All the energy you use goes into the sea and has no effect.
