Emperor Sui Yang

Yang Rui waited for four days in Prince Qin's mansion, and finally brought the grandson Anmin here.

Before this, Changsun Anmin had already learned the whole story from Changsun's exposure, and then held a small meeting with the core family members who stayed in Luoyang. The topic was whether to let Changsun Wuji come back.

The meetings within the family are relatively democratic. Eighty percent of the people are in favor of Wuji's return, because they know that Wuji will be successful in the future with his backing on the big tree of King Qin, which is beneficial to the family.

Then the focus of the debate is whether Wuji's mother should enter the main tomb. After all, the conflict between the eldest grandson Wuji and the family is here.

Later, someone said that whether he can enter or not depends on how promising Zhangsun Wuji will be in the future. If the family is prosperous, this can be an exception.

So the solution is to drag Changsun Wuji first, and then it will depend on the situation.

After all, although the Changsun family is of the Xianbei nationality, they still retain many customs of the Xianbei people. However, all the Xianbei people in the Sui Dynasty are actively integrating with the Han people. This is a general trend, so those customs and rules of the Xianbei people will have to be changed sooner or later.

In later generations, the Xianbei people are Han people. Many people in northern China, Shanxi and Shaanxi actually have Xianbei blood in their ancestors.

The ancient history of China is a process of continuous integration of multi-ethnic and Han nationality.

"It's his blessing for Wuji to be loved by His Highness, and it's an honor for me to be a minister," said the eldest grandson, Anmin, sitting in the room well-behaved, talking about serious matters with the two children.

In the Sui Dynasty, the patriarchs of high-ranking families were treated differently, and the emperor would not insult other patriarchs, but treated them very politely.

Because a patriarch represents a huge power group behind him.

Li Shimin said with a smile: "Wuji fights for his biological mother. This is great filial piety. The Xianbei people have some habits. They really should change it sooner."

Shimin himself also has Xianbei blood.

His grandma Dugu, his Ma Dou, his great-grandfather Yuwentai, and his great-grandmother Yuanshi are all Xianbei. According to the genetic ratio, this kid has three-quarters of Xianbei blood, more than Yang Ming. Also pure.

The Han people are based on the patrilineal lineage, but the Xianbei people are based on the matrilineal lineage, so women have a high status in the Xianbei family. The eldest grandson Sheng's first wife is from the Xianbei family of the Yuan family in Luoyang, and her status must not be shaken.

However, these Xianbei people who entered the Central Plains are also constantly abandoning their original customs and merging with the Han people. Now they have basically changed to patrilinealism.

But in terms of the funeral ceremony system, they haven't changed it yet, and the court can't say anything about it, because the few companies that haven't changed are too powerful.

Changsun Anmin nodded and said: "Following the ancestral system is an all-time rule. It's not up to the minister whether to change it or not. Isn't Shimin's aunt, Mrs. Tang, also changing it?"

If you don't change it, let me change it. What's the reason?
Li Shimin was sent to the first army and smiled and stopped talking. After all, he was still young, and he was still young in bickering.

Yang Ruidao: "So, do you think Wuji should return to the family?"

Changsun Anmin said: "I really think so. Wuji is not disobedient and unfilial. His mother, Gao, is Han. He was influenced by Han etiquette, and he has some misunderstandings about the ancestral system, which is normal."

"The four seas are one family, and all within the domain are my people of the Sui Dynasty," Yang Rui said with a smile: "You should not distinguish between Xianbei and Han in the future."

The grandson Anmin was taken aback for a moment, and felt that the young highness in front of him spoke very majesticly, how old are you, are you pretending to be mature with me?
"Your Highness is right, it is indeed inappropriate to distinguish."

"Okay, let's go," Yang Rui said lightly.

Um?That's it?I just said a few words when I came here, and it's over?

Changsun Anmin said with a smile, "I am honored to meet King Qin today, and I have prepared some gifts for you."

"I appreciate your kindness." After finishing speaking, Yang Rui got up directly, and said to Li Xiaogong:

"Send off the guests."

Li Xiaogong turned his head towards the eldest grandson Anmin, meaning let's go, why are you still standing there?
In desperation, Changsun Anmin had no choice but to resign and leave. It seemed that this young Highness didn't want to see him.

"This kind of person can't give him a good face." Shimin followed Yang Rui out of the front hall and walked to the backyard: "Believe it or not, if you didn't suppress the eldest grandson's family, Wuji wouldn't even think about going back this time."

Yang Rui nodded and said: "I'm going back, life is not easy. I'm afraid that his three elder brothers will embarrass him in the future. They are all brothers, and what they have done is too much."

Yang Rui's brothers and sisters, under Yang Ming's deliberate guidance, are completely equal, and there is no distinction between his descendants and concubines at all, so Yang Rui treats his younger brothers and sisters the same.

The reason why such an effect can be achieved is mainly because the female relatives in Yang Ming's harem are all born in a very powerful family, unlike ordinary people's concubines, where the mother's family is not very good.

Because her natal family is awesome, she won't be a concubine.

"Is there any way, Your Highness, to tidy up his three elder brothers and give them a warning," Shi Min said.

Yang Rui thought for a while: "As long as they dare to continue to embarrass Wuji, it is indeed necessary, but if I make a mistake, the concubine mother will blame me, why don't you think of a way?"

Will Yang Yinjiang blame her?No, she has a high degree of tolerance for her eldest son. Yang Rui said that he was pushing Li Shimin to let Li Shimin do bad things.

With Li Shimin's ingenuity, he can tell if others are taking advantage of him, but Yang Rui can't.

Because Yang Rui is sincere from the inside out when he talks and does things. This is imitating his father. To put it bluntly, he is pretending to be stupid.

So much so that Li Shimin still feels that Yang Rui is not as smart as him, but Yang Jin is very clever and intelligent.

"Okay, leave this to me," Shimin nodded.

The eldest grandson Xingbu was led by the right military attendant of the Eastern Palace. This was arranged by Yang Ming for the sake of the eldest grandson Sheng. The second eldest grandson Hengye worked in the military mansion, and the third eldest grandson Anye was the supervisor general of Yanxingmen.

Of the three, the boss has the highest official position and looks the most promising, since he is serving the prince after all.

But you are not the crown prince's confidant, and the eldest grandson Wuji is the real second horse boy of the King of Qin. There is a big gap in the relationship.

Shimin wants to deal with the eldest grandson Xingbu, but he doesn't have the ability, but he can do it for the remaining two. Ask his elder brother Jiancheng for help, and he can settle the two of them.

Don't underestimate Jian Jian. Those who can enter and leave the East Palace at will are not ordinary people. Just because they can say anything in front of the crown prince, they have an advantage over many first- and second-rank bosses.

As a nephew, Changsun Wuji needs to go back to Luoyang with the team. After Changsun Chi is buried, there will be nothing else for him.

This year's scientific expedition is also being closely prepared. Scholars from all over the country have entered the capital. The scale is larger than in previous years. Almost all the inns in the capital are full of people.

Those who can come to take the exam must have a well-established family. In ancient times, when the army was in turmoil, people who went out for a long journey would only dare to go out with a group of talents.

Everywhere in the world, there are almost robbers blocking the road, not to mention far away, there are people outside the capital, and the capital is safe, because there are Wuhou guards in town, and Wuhou guards are more violent than bandits and robbers.

The law and order situation in the Sui Dynasty, that is, the situation in those places was a little better. In the rest, there were many gangs, and house robbery was not uncommon. Unlike in movies and TV dramas, a murder case was taken seriously by the county magistrate.

In fact, not at all.

As long as a case can enter the county government, it has nothing to do with ordinary people. For example, in a certain year in Zhenguan, there were less than [-] murder cases in the whole country. Do you think it is possible?
The Ministry of Rites is in charge of the world's etiquette, sacrifices, and tributes.

This matter is under the control of Xuangan. In fact, if Niu Hong is here, Niu Hong is the best. As for Xuangan, his knowledge is not very good among the eight. (The previous article said that Yang Xuangan went away with Yang Guang, which was wrongly written and changed back.)
So Yang Ming transferred some people from the Imperial Academy, plus Prince Xianma Liu Xuan and Li Gang, to assist Xuangan in presiding over the scientific examination.

The previous scientific examinations were managed by the Ministry of Rites. In order to highlight the country's emphasis on scientific examinations, Yang Ming announced that Shangshu Province and the Eleventh Temple would do their best to coordinate the work to ensure the smooth progress of the imperial examinations.

"The number of candidates this year has increased a lot, but the majority of them are related households," Fang Xuanling, who had just returned from Shandong, complained after reading the list.

Li Mi smiled and said: "The Nine-Rank Zhongzheng System has not been completely abandoned until now, and there is still a long way for poor families to get ahead."

The nine-rank Zhongzheng system mainly has three points: family background, career status, and fixed product.

The family background is the first, and the determination of the product is to determine the grade of the official. Strictly speaking, it refers to the career, that is, the personal character and ability.

But the actual situation is that the fixed product is completely determined for you according to your family background.

For example, if Li Mi became an official with the ninth-rank Zhongzheng system, the imperial court's fixed rank for him should be between the third rank and the fourth rank, also known as zipin.

Then Li Mi's starting official rank is between three and four ranks lower than the capital rank, that is to say, Li Mi can be an official of the sixth to eight ranks at the beginning, and this is still from his background.

For people like Fang Xuanling, the highest rank is sixty-seven, and the official rank is either ninth rank, or they don't even have the qualifications to become an official.

Not as good as Fang Xuanling's, even if you are ordered, you have no chance to be an official.

The lower rank is for those who are green leaves, and those who can really become officials are those who are in the five levels of second, third, fourth, fifth, and sixth. The first rank is not counted, because the first rank is the rank of a sage. .

The seventh, eighth, and ninth ranks are lower ranks, and there is no way to set a family official rank, because there are no officials below the ninth rank.

This is the upper-rank no poor family, and the lower-rank no powerful family.

Being a petty official is not considered an official. It is similar to labor dispatch. The social status of an official and an official is very different.

Holding the list in his hand, Yang Ming felt dizzy for a while. He had repeatedly reminded Shang Shuxing to give some chances to the lowly nobles, but the actual list, at most, only [-]% came from the poor.

But here, there are many familiar names.

It can be seen from this that it is very difficult for the imperial court to implement some policies below. (end of this chapter)