Even the Wei family in Jingzhao thought they were unlucky and felt that they had hit the emperor. This must be because the emperor was still dissatisfied with their previous temptations, and took this opportunity to hit them.
Otherwise, there are so many families who secretly spread rumors, why would you insist on Jingzhao Wei?
They did not intend to continue to fight against Gao Yang and Yu Wen Bi. Both old men have removed their official positions and have gone to edit books. It is really bad to pursue them again and fight hard, and they will be hated by the emperor. I could only sigh and lose money after taking this mute.
Seeing this, other families understood that the emperor was indeed interested in promoting Confucianism, so they changed their words and stopped stopping them.
Aristocratic families are not stupid. The so-called dynasty is a strong family, but the aristocratic families that fought head-on with the dynasty have been slaughtered countless times. It is only the name of the aristocratic family. For example, the current Hongnong Yang clan is the lineage of the Emperor of the Sui Dynasty. Anyone who has a little brain knows what’s going on.
The Duke of Tang now claims to the outside world a coalition of two major Han families. Li Yuan and the Li family in Longxi, who had “five surnames and seven hopes”, were connected with the Dou family in Fufeng.
Therefore, the internal division of the aristocratic family is very serious, and it is difficult to work together to block the government orders of an emperor who holds great power.
Furthermore, the Han Dynasty once launched a “Renaissance” movement, which was to dug out the old works of Confucian classics written in large and small seal script from the Confucius Temple, called “Ancient Literature Classics”, in order to confront the “Modern Literature Classics” written in official script at that time.
In the Han Dynasty, which was mainly based on the system of recommendation, fighting for the “right to note the classics” was to compete for the position of the court.
In the late Eastern Han Dynasty, many classicists devoted themselves to the study of “Ancient Classics”, using “I am annotating the Six Classics”, to promote their political propositions, and to win over the decline of the world.
They opened private schools and taught the scriptures they had annotated to the common people who were despised by people at that time, forming a strong momentum and cultivating many talents.
Later, many ancestors of Wei and Jin families participated in this movement, and gained great fame and fortune when the dynasty changed rapidly, and became the top family. Such as the Zheng family of Xingyang and the Lu family of Fanyang, which are “five surnames and seven hopes”. Especially in the Zheng family in Xingyang, “Zheng Jia’s learning” is a popular academic today.
When these two families heard about the woodblock printing Confucian scriptures, they secretly collected woodblock printing craftsmen. After the emperor’s attitude was clear, they were ready to start printing Confucian scriptures in a hurry, hoping to give their family’s Confucian scriptures to everyone in the world.
The status of the Zheng family in Xingyang and the Lu family in Fanyang was accumulated through the accumulation of students all over the world, rather than being treasured by some classical scholars. Although they look down on poor families, they like this very much.
When the Zheng family learned that the first person to propose printing Confucian scriptures was Li Xuanba, the family held a meeting and hurriedly sent the beautiful Zheng concubine who had promised to Li Jiancheng to Li Jiancheng’s mansion first, and added 10% of the dowry.
Although Li Jiancheng has become Qianniu’s pre-emptive, Qianniu’s pre-emptive is only a sixth-rank official and he is not qualified to be a “mother”. So the Zheng family originally wanted to wait until Li Jiancheng’s official position was promoted to the fifth rank before giving Li Jiancheng the widowed daughter.
The Zheng family in Xingyang gave women to others as concubines. They must also be famous “side room” and must have an imperial decree to be considered humiliating.
But now, it’s all right, the Duke of Tang’s mansion is getting stronger and stronger. The Zheng family will gain great benefits from printing the Confucian scriptures this time, so they took a step back.
The Duke of Tang Dynasty also reciprocates. All treatments of Zheng’s concubines are equivalent to “mother”. Mrs. Dou also paid out of her own pocket to add 30% of the month to Zheng’s concubine, and promised that before Li Jiancheng got married, the power of Zheng’s concubine in Li Jiancheng’s backyard was equivalent to that of Li Jiancheng’s wife.
Mrs. Dou also brought other children to the newly married Da Zheng family, and asked Li Shimin and Li Xuanba to call Da Zheng sister-in-law, giving him enough face to the Da Zheng family and Xingyang Zheng family.
After a widowed life, he was almost sent to be the second wife of a white-haired old man and a senior official. The Great Zheng family is already very clear about it.
She didn’t want any power at all, nor was she ready to act like a daughter from a noble family. She just wanted to please Li Jiancheng and strive to have a few more sons before Li Jiancheng’s wife began.
There is a difference between legitimate and illegitimate son, and the Great Zheng did not think about taking over the position of legitimate son. As long as she has a son, she will have the confidence. Even if the wife becomes a good wife in the future, she will be respected by her eldest son after she is born.
The uncle is better than the uncle.
Look at the two brothers Li Shimin and Li Xuanba, who were born to the same mother as Li Jiancheng. Because they were young and hard-working, most of the benefits they gained were taken by Li Jiancheng. As a brother, Li Jiancheng needs to do nothing, and he can enjoy his achievements.
In fact, the Zheng family and other aristocratic families did not want to give Li Shimin and Li Xuanba “benefits”, but because they were too young, it was difficult to say about marriage.
They are not Xianbei nobles like Changsun Sheng, who are quite rude and can get engaged to their three-year-old daughters.
“Bah, there are many families who are married to each other. They are married before they are born! They are just jealous of my sister!” Changsun Wuji was very angry when he heard the sour words.