Outlaws of the Marsh

Chapter 42
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"Oh? Did I say something wrong? Then you tell me what I said wrong?"

Seeing Li Yan encouraging him, Wang Lun cupped his hands and said, "If my brother doesn't accept Miss Liu as his wife and concubine, then my brother will be unrighteous, unfilial, and disregarding the overall situation!"

"Uh……"

Li Yan said in astonishment: "Why am I being unrighteous, unfilial, and disregarding the overall situation?"

Wang Lun said: "Let's talk about injustice first. This Miss Liu was given to my brother by brothers Du Qian, Brother Deng Fei, Brother Zhu Fu, and Brother Yang Lin. Among them, Brother Yang Lin gave Miss Liu to my brother as a meeting gift. If my brother doesn’t accept him, wouldn’t it be disappointing to the kindness of brothers Du Qian, Deng Fei, and Zhu Fu to discourage Du Qian, Deng Fei, and Zhu Fu from sending Brother Yang Lin down the mountain?”

"This……"

Thinking about it carefully, it is really what Wang Lun said. Compared with not accepting Liu Huiniang, Du Qian, Deng Fei, Zhu Fu, and Yang Lin naturally hope that Li Yan will accept Liu Huiniang, especially Yang Lin who just went up the mountain ——If Li Yan accepts Liu Huiniang, they will definitely get closer to Li Yan. After all, in that way, the two parties will have the bond of Liu Huiniang.

Of course, it would not be enough to drive Yang Lin down the mountain, but it would be true to say that Yang Lin was hindered from blending into Shuibo Liangshan.

Wang Lun said again: "Besides being unfilial, may I ask how old you are this year?"

Li Yan hesitated for a moment, then answered truthfully: "Five out of twenty."

Now it is no longer necessary to hide his age, because Li Yan's status as the master of Shuibo Liangshan will not be shaken because of his young age. On the contrary, this can also show that Li Yan is young and vigorous, with strong capital.

After hearing Li Yan's real age, all the heroes were stunned!

Although the heroes knew that Li Yan's age would not be too old, they inferred from Li Yan's way of dealing with people and things that Li Yan must be 27, or at least [-] or [-]. It's just that he looks younger.

Unexpectedly, Li Yan is not yet 25 years old!
Even Liu Huiniang was very surprised!

Liu Huiniang secretly said: "I didn't expect this person to be 25 years old!"

Wang Lun calmed down and said, "Twenty-five is not too young. As the saying goes, there are three types of unfilial piety, and having no offspring is the greatest. My brother is already 25 this year. If he doesn't marry a wife and have children, isn't he unfilial?"

This one is actually a bit far-fetched.

Rich families don’t need to sell fertile land, there are thousands of millet in the book;
There is no need to erect high beams to install a house, and there is a golden house in the book;
Don't hate unscrupulous matchmakers when you marry a wife, there is Yan Ruyu in the book;
Don't hate to be alone when you go out, there are many horses and chariots in the book;
The man wanted to read his life histories, and read the Six Classics to the window diligently.

Song Zhenzong's poem is clearly written, the most promising people in the Song Dynasty are scholars.

In the Song Dynasty, in order to recruit talents, three people were assigned to a position. Of course, the tasks assigned to each person were light, and their lives were comfortable. In addition, they had high salaries, but there was no strict supervision and punishment system. In fact, the national policy of the Song Dynasty was still against The corruption of officials is condoned, that is, the so-called "punishment is not a doctor", which means that officials will not be punished excessively if they break the law, so the title of the gold list has become the goal of many people's life.

In order to be able to concentrate on obtaining fame and fame, men put aside marriage first, because as long as they pass the exam, they will have everything.

The imperial examinations are always extremely intense. After all, only a small number of people can pass the exam, and it is difficult for most people to pass the exam at the age of three or forty.

Because men are busy taking exams, they become the so-called leftover men in later generations. Some of them already have gray hair when they marry their wives. Therefore, in the Song Dynasty, many husbands were 20 years older than their wives.

According to Chen Shidao's "Houshan Shihua", there was a Hangzhou Juzi Zhongdi who was over 70 years old at the time, and his friend congratulated him wittily:
It should be a poor Tongzi sometimes, and his life is rare since ancient times.

Now I feel that I am a Confucianist, and I swear without wearing lotus clothes.

This 70-year-old candidate is not the only one. During the time of Song Gaozong, there was a 73-year-old named Chen Xiu who was admitted to the imperial examination at the age of 73. He was also "not yet married".Although he has won the exam, but at the age of [-], he still has no intention of getting married.Looking at his white beard, he sighed.

But this person has been taking the exam all his life, and the article is written well.Song Gaozong recognized his article very much. After learning that he was so poor, Song Gaozong "decreed his wife Shi Shi to marry him. He was thirty years old and had a very rich dowry.".It was passed down as a "good story" for a while, and people with good things joked: If a newcomer asks how old is Lang?Answer: 50 years ago 23.

When Sima Guang talked about the age of marriage, he once said: "Men are no more than [-], women are no more than [-] ears, and it is a waste of time to exceed this."

If we look at Sima Guang's standard that a man who is unmarried at thirty and a woman who is unmarried at twenty is a "leftover", two out of ten men in the Song Dynasty were "leftover men".

Therefore, it is normal in this era that Li Yan, who is less than 25 years old, is not married.

Wang Lun added this because he didn't know that Li Yan was so young.

Now that there is no turning back, Wang Lun can only bite the bullet and continue: "My brother has no brothers or nephews, and my father died young. The whole family relies on my brother to inherit the incense. I got married early and had children to continue the Li family Xiangjiang. This is great filial piety." !"

It was a bit of a stretch to say that, anyway, what Li Yan wanted was an excuse, a step, not to argue against Wang Lun, so naturally he couldn't drag Wang Lun into an argument.

Li Yan took the initiative: "Then why am I disregarding the overall situation?"

Wang Lun bowed to the ground and said, "Brother, please forgive me!"

Li Yan said: "I will not blame you."

Wang Lundao: "Now there are three to four thousand people in my Liangshan Po, with [-] leaders occupying this [-]-mile water pool, second only to Wang Qing in Huaixi, Tianhu in Hebei, and Fangla in Jiangnan. It can be regarded as a party. Brother, but there is an accident. , our Liang Shanbo is that headless snake, if we don’t have a young master to embrace, we will fall apart in an instant, isn’t my brother disregarding the overall situation if he doesn’t marry a wife and have children?”

This is a bit unlucky, but it is indeed a problem, and it is a big problem-in the ancient imperial society, having no heirs is a very, very serious matter, so serious that it even affects a regime The stability or not!

There are too many such examples in history!
To give a well-known example:

When Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was the prince for nine years and emperor for two years, he had no heirs, so rumors that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was infertile slowly spread.

This is a major event that hurts the country, and the problem is serious.

Many people started to make up their minds, Huainan Wang Liu An was one of them.

Liu An is the grandson of Liu Bang, Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty, and he is a generation older than Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.Liu Anxin thought: "Since Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty will not be born, the battle for the throne will definitely be fierce after he dies." Liu An was a great literati and thinker at that time, with a high social status and a good reputation, so he thought I am most suitable to be an emperor.So he made arrangements in advance, recruiting troops and buying horses, just waiting for the day when Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty died.

Once, Liu An went on a pilgrimage from Huainan to the capital, and met Tian Fu, the uncle of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. Tian Fu also said: "If the emperor dies one day, the king will be the king." After hearing this, Liu An was very impressed. I was happy, and rewarded Tian Fu with a large amount of property.

In fact, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was not yet full at the time, and these people were indeed too worried. Reasons for others to rebel.

Yes!
Li Yan is only 24 years old this year, and he is still extremely young, but how can he be younger than Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty who was not even there at that time?

Moreover, who can guarantee that there will be no accidents for Li Yan?

Furthermore, heirs have to be cultivated slowly, not to say that they can inherit the throne after birth.

Therefore, even if Li Yan wanted to refute this, he could not refute it.

After being silent for a while, Li Yan looked at Wang Lun and asked the most critical question: "Then I don't want the discipline of Liang Shanbo?"

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(End of this chapter)