On the occasion of rebirth Zhou Sui

Chapter 245
In the ancient funeral ceremony system, there are five levels of filial piety for relatives, which are cut down, Qi down, great merit, minor merit, and silk, which are called five clothes.

Among them, beheading is the most serious, requiring three years of filial piety, including children as parents, unmarried daughters as parents, and grandchildren as grandparents.

The so-called heavy-duty grandson means that the father died early, and the grandchildren bear the heavy responsibility of the funeral.

It is undoubtedly a big news when the grandmother of Yan Guogong, Shangzhu Kingdom, Minister of the Ministry of War, and close friend of King Jin passed away.

According to the law of etiquette, Cui Che needs to wear the uniform of beheading and decline for the Feng family, and keep a filial piety for three years.

But things are not inflexible, there is another term in this world called Duofu.

That is, officials should remove mourning clothes and take up official positions.

Not only the officialdom, but also idlers in Daxing City are watching to see if Cui Che will really endure three years of loneliness for the funeral of his unrelated grandmother.

During these three years, no marriage is allowed, no banquets are allowed, no singing and dancing is allowed, no games and jokes are allowed.

On the day of Feng's death, Cui Che submitted his resignation letter to the court, and Yang Jian agreed as usual, giving him time to preside over his grandmother's funeral.

For the clothing of Zhan Fai, one must go on a hunger strike for the first three days.

At night, Yang Lihua avoids other people and takes Cui Che to eat, but he flatly refuses.

Seeing that her husband insisted on keeping the etiquette, Yang Lihua couldn't persuade her, so she had to give up and let him not eat for three days.

Therefore, when a group of officials came to Yan Guofu to express their condolences in the face of Cui Che and Yang Lihua, Cui Che was already starving.

Feng Deyi followed Yang Su to the mourning hall, looked at Cui Che's haggard appearance, and comforted him:
"My aunt has already lived a long life, so Zicheng must not be too sad, he must take care of his health."

As he spoke, he couldn't help but shed tears.

Cui Che didn't know whether Feng Deyi was genuine or fake, but he didn't care too much, even he himself was doing it for outsiders to see.

Before the funeral, almost all the officials in Daxing City who could be named by name visited Yan Guo Mansion. Even the crown prince Yang Yong, who had conflicts with Cui Che, sent someone to express his condolences.

Regardless of how bad the relationship is in private, at least on the surface, Cui Che is still Yang Yong's brother-in-law.

Yang Jian and his wife let their youngest son Yang Liang express condolences on their behalf.

Yang Liang is the youngest of the ten children of Yang Jian and Dugu Jialuo, two years younger than Yang Awu.

As the saying goes, parents value the eldest son and dote on the youngest son. The first half of the sentence is questionable in front of Yang Jian and Dugu Jialuo, but the second half is very appropriate.

King Yang Guang of Jin was sent to Jinyang at the age of 13; King Yang Jun of Qin was sent to Luoyang at the age of 12; King Yang Xiu of Shu was sent to guard Shu at the age of nine.

Only the fifth son, Yang Liang, is dead now, and is still being raised by Yang Jian and his wife, reluctant to let him go to other places.

Cui Che didn't have much contact with Yang Liang, so he thought he would just go about his business, burn a stick of incense, say some comforting words, and then leave.

Never thought, how many days the funeral was held, how many times Han Wang Yang Liang came to the Yan State Mansion.

Although Cui Che was dizzy from hunger, his brain was not stupid. Of course he knew what Yang Liang was up to.

It is well known that the prince fell out of favor, but Yang Liang was raised by Yang Jian and his wife, and was loved and loved the most, so he naturally had a different thought:
I am the most favored, why can't the crown prince be mine.

Of course, Yang Liang would not choose to win over Cui Che at this time, and Cui Che didn't need to decline.

After the three-day hunger strike period, Cui Che could finally eat two meals of porridge a day, and he could only eat one portion of rice.

One liter is 24 overflows.

But at last there is food to eat, so I won't be starved to death.

As for rough tea and light food, it has to be after a hundred days of crying, that is to say, for the next hundred days, you will only have two meals of gruel every day, otherwise how can the history books frequently mention that so-and-so was in mourning. stand.

Most of them are hungry.

After the funeral of Old Madam Feng, Cui Che certainly would not bury her in Kansai, but had to transport her back to Hebei to be buried with Cui Jishu.

On the night before departure, Cui Che was summoned by Yang Jian to Miyagi.

On the way to the side hall, Cui Che met Yang Awu again.

Seeing Cui Che's haggard face, Yang Awu felt distressed and wanted to say a few words of comfort, but Cui Che just bowed his hands to her, then brushed past Yang Awu, and walked to the side hall with weak steps.

In the side hall, Yang Jian asked:

"My son-in-law is going to Hebei, when do you plan to return to court?"

Cui Che bowed and said:
"A minister who holds the uniform of beheading and decline should keep his filial piety for three years."

11 years ago, nine-year-old Yang Awu lost her husband. Wang Yi couldn't bear her suffering and asked to win Yang Awu's conquest, but Yang Jian resented her and died unjustly.

However, today Yang Jian took the initiative to ask Cui Che to win:

"The son-in-law's filial piety is certainly commendable, but how can we neglect the affairs of state because of private affairs, it is better to issue an order for the son-in-law to get rid of his obedience after a hundred days of suffering."

In the past ten years, whenever Yang Jian ordered, Cui Che must obey, but this time he insisted:

"Your Majesty loves and cares for me, and I feel deeply about it, but I was murdered by Min Su. I lost my father at the age of three, and then lost my mother. I was lonely since I was a child. Without the kindness of my grandmother, I couldn't be where I am today.

"Nowadays, the world is peaceful, the scholars and the people enjoy their work, and the flag of your majesty points out that all nations will submit, which is a scene of prosperity that has not been seen in 500 years.

"The sages in the imperial court, if there are many ministers and one person, they will not worry about the many, and if the few ministers have one person, they will not worry about the few.

"However, the grandmother only has one grandson, a humble minister, please Your Majesty."

Yang Jian let out a long sigh, even though he was rejected by Cui Che, he didn't feel any anger in his heart.

In ancient times, anything related to filial piety was natural political correctness.

Dugu Jialuo, who was sitting next to Yang Jian, said with emotion:
"The son-in-law is a filial son, so His Majesty will grant his request. If he dies as a concubine, I'm afraid the East Palace will have a secret banquet to celebrate."

Cui Che was amazed at this, this Dugu Jialuo really seized the opportunity to slander Yang Yong, just like this, how could Yang Yong leave a good impression in front of Yang Jian.

What Cui Che didn't know was that Yang Jian felt the same for Dugu Jialuo's words.

In the early years, he also saw an emperor with his own eyes, who wanted to depose the prince repeatedly, but failed due to various reasons.

It is Zhou Wu Emperor Yu Wenyong and Prince Yu Wenyun.

The following story is well known. At Yu Wenyong's funeral, Yu Wenyun pointed at his father's body and cursed:

'You died too late. '

On the same day, he raped his father's concubine in the harem.

When Yang Jian thought of his bad father-son relationship with Yang Yong and Yang Yong's extravagant and lustful temperament, he felt that he would inevitably follow in Yu Wenyong's footsteps.

Even though he is not free now, he also thinks that one day Dugu Jialuo will let go and invite a few beauties to adjust his life.

With Dugu Jialuo's persuasion, Yang Jian did not force Cui Che to seize love for a hundred days.

Thinking of his unfilial son in the East Palace, Yang Jian loved Cui Che who was thin because of his grandmother's death.

In everything, I am most afraid of comparison.

　It's over, let's rest first.

　　Thanks to the book friend for the parabola, Rong Ruo 2000, Qingge's heartbroken string, book friend 20210211120905435, Yujie Pure Love Warrior, Dharma Quicksand, Luojia Mountain Concierge Uncle Xiong, Lion's Meteor Story, and Tu Daoge for their rewards.

　　
　
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