Late Tang

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It is said that the Sui and Tang Dynasties were aristocratic politics, and the Tang Dynasty was also called the last aristocratic era.

Li Jing's later generations studied at the National Academy of Sciences, and he knew a little about the high-ranking gentry in the Tang Dynasty.There were two most glorious stages of gentry politics, the Jin and Northern Dynasties and the Tang Dynasty.At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty and the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty, the Gaomen gentry were greatly suppressed and hit. Tang Taizong once specialized in clan annals, improved the status of the Li family, supported the landlords of the common clan, suppressed the power of the old gentry, and strengthened the imperial power.Emperor Gaozong even issued a special edict, "Li Bao of Longxi in the Later Wei Dynasty, Wang Qiong of Taiyuan, Zheng Wen of Xingyang, Lu Ziqian of Fanyang, Lu Hun, Lu Fu, Cui Zongbo of Qinghe, Cui Yuansun, Cui Yi of Former Yan Boling, Li Kai of Jinzhao County Wait for your descendants, and you must not marry yourself." Wu Zetian even eliminated many gentry forces headed by Changsun Wuji at that time, and ended the Guanlong aristocratic rule since the Wei and Jin Dynasties.

During her more than [-] years in power, she vigorously promoted the imperial examinations, spared no effort to attack the gentry landlord bureaucracy, and at the same time vigorously supported the gentry landlord class, selected talents from them, and broke the previous boundaries between the gentry and the gentry. The nobles once withdrew from the imperial court political center.

Although the gentry were once suppressed, but in the middle and late Tang Dynasty, the politics of the gentry not only did not dim; on the contrary, it became strangely brilliant again.Especially after entering the late Tang Dynasty, not only did people's concept of aristocratic family not weaken, but it became more serious.

In the heyday of the Tang Dynasty, the gentry headed by Shandong Gaomen had no absolute advantage in the court.The first reason is that the "Guanlong Military Group" who made great contributions to the founding of the Tang Dynasty was still very powerful; the second was that the emperor deliberately suppressed it; , do not adapt to and do not accept the new way of becoming an official through the imperial examination; the fourth is the jealousy and hatred of court officials from humble backgrounds, such as the actions of Xu Jingzong and Li Yifu, the prime ministers of the Wu Zhou Dynasty.

However, as far as Li Jing knew, after the "Anshi Rebellion", the political center of the Tang Dynasty was rebuilt, and the high-ranking gentry rose again with the help of the imperial examination system, such as the Zheng family in Xingyang. Since the mid-Tang Dynasty, there have been more than ten prime ministers and important ministers in succession, so there is the saying of "Zheng Banchao"; another example is Li Jing's teacher Cui Yunqing's Qinghe Cui family, which had the Tang Dynasty. Its branch houses Nanzufang, Qinghe Dafang, A total of 10 people from Qinghe Xiaofang and Qingzhoufang served as prime ministers. There were only 2 former prime ministers during the "Anshi Rebellion".The reason why the aristocratic families re-emerged is closely related to their mastery of the imperial examination system. In addition, after adapting to the imperial examination system, the deep family traditions and intellectual traditions of the aristocratic families gave them special advantages in the examinations.For example, the Lu family of Fan Yang, in the Tang Dynasty, especially since the mid-Tang Dynasty, there were more than one hundred Jinshi scholars, which is an amazing number.You must know that the Jinshi examination in the imperial examinations in the Tang Dynasty was the most difficult, and the number of people admitted was small. Lu's ability to achieve this result was due to his family tradition and profound knowledge.

In the heyday of the Tang Dynasty, the high-ranking nobles were noble but not powerful, but at this time, especially the high-ranking nobles in Shandong were not only famous all over the world, but more and more people held high positions in the court.Moreover, these gentry clans developed extremely fast, multiplied numerously, spread branches and leaves, and the division of labor within the clan was extremely fine. Most of the bright children studied, while others studied martial arts and joined the army. They all bear the name of the gentry and start doing business with the help of the powerful financial resources of the gentry.

At this time, the gentry were noble, powerful, and rich. The prime ministers of the dynasty lamented that they could not marry women with five surnames in this life.These noble families even looked down on the royal family and were unwilling to marry the royal family.The sons of the high-ranking gentry all married early, so they were afraid of marrying the princess.The daughters of high-ranking gentry were also unwilling to marry the prince and grandson. During Tang Wenzong, Prime Minister Zheng Tan married his granddaughter to Cui Gao, a ninth-rank official from a high-ranking gentry, and refused to marry the crown prince. Wenzong was embarrassed. He sighed and said: "The folks who practice marriage do not consider the official status and go to the public to read it. My family's 200-year-old emperor can't take care of Cui and Luye?"

The five surnames with the highest family status in Shandong also intermarry with each other from generation to generation, and they are unwilling to intermarry with foreigners.The Cui family of Qinghe married the Li family of Longxi and the Lu family of Fanyang for generations; the Li family of Zhaojun married the Cui family of Boling for generations; the Lu family of Fanyang married the Zheng family of Xingyang for generations, and the Li family of Longxi married the Lu family of Fanyang.

Li Jing didn't have any particular dislike or longing for these high-ranking noble families.This kind of gentry, which has been produced for hundreds of thousands of years, is not a product of a short period of time.Moreover, Li Jing's achievements today are mostly due to Cui Yunqing, and Cui Yunqing is the Qingzhou house of the Qinghe Cui family, one of the five surnames and seven families.However, although the gentry had reached their peak in the Tang Dynasty, Li Jing knew in his heart that this would be their last prosperity.

When Huang Chao is together and rampant across the world, the aristocratic family of the Tang Dynasty will also come to an end.

The Han family is also a noble family. Although it is not as good as the five surnames in Shandong, the four surnames in Guanzhong and the four surnames in Jiangnan, they are also the top surnames in Shandong after the five surnames.What's more, the Han family has been married to other great noble families for generations, which has a great influence.Han Zhi came to the door suddenly and brought out such a generous gift. Li Jing immediately guessed in his heart that there must be something wrong with the Han family and wanted to ask Li Jing for help.Of course, although Li Jing is now a town general, it is absolutely impossible for him to help with problems that the Han family cannot handle. At most, the Han family wants to ask the Cui family for help, so they come to him in a different way.

"Qilang is useful for brothers, if you have it, just say it."

After flirting with Ai Ai for a while, Han Zhi finally spoke out.Things are exactly as Li Jing guessed. Although the Han family is the third largest family in Qingzhou after Cui and Feng, the fact is that the Han family has not produced any influential figures for many years. There are Jinshi in the imperial examination, that is, they enter the officialdom, but it is difficult for them to achieve high positions.It's not good in the officialdom, and the influence of the Han family in the local area is getting weaker and weaker.These years, the Han family had no choice but to turn all their efforts to business, relying on the help of their in-laws, Lanling Xiao's family, they had a small success.In recent years, the Han family saw that they could make a lot of money in maritime trade, so they also spent a lot of money to build a fleet that traveled from Dengzhou to Bohai Sea, Silla, and Japan.The Han family's fleet has more than 20 large ships, and they go to sea twice a year, earning a lot of money.But for some reason, the second son of the Han family who was in charge of the Han family's fleet actually competed with a direct descendant of the Feng family for a kabuki in a brothel. After drinking, the two sides fought with each other, and accidentally beat the Feng family son to death. up.

The Feng family was also ruthless, and did not report to the officials after suffering such a big loss, but sent people directly to Daxie village in Dengzhou.Afterwards, Feng Zhang, the envoy of the Daxie Village, found a few names to seize all the merchant ships of the Han family, not only the ships, but also the goods, not even the head of the Han family, the boatmen, and the guards. was imprisoned in the prison on Daxie Island.Although the Han family has made a lot of money by operating maritime trade in the past few years, the detention of more than 20 ships, the goods of the [-] ships, and hundreds of people is beyond the reach of the Han family.

The patriarch of the Han family beat the second son who caused the trouble, and then came to apologize with a large number of gifts, but the patriarch of the Feng family died tragically in Dengzhou because of Feng Yanqing and Feng Liang. The Feng family has been operating in Dengzhou for many years Seeing that the Han family, who had been suppressed by them, dared to jump up and provoke the Feng family now, they wanted to use the Han family to gain their prestige.No matter how the Han family accompanies the crime, the Feng family is determined to rule the Han family.Among them, there is also the possibility that the Feng family is jealous of the Han family's sea trade business.

In desperation, the Patriarch of the Han family wanted to ask the Xiao family of Lanling to reconcile. Although the Xiao family of Lanling belonged to the largest noble family in the south of Huainan, they were far away in Yangzhou after all. .The Han family had no choice but to go to the Cui family, the largest family in Qingzhou, but the Cui family was happy to see the two tigers of the Feng family and the Han family fighting, so they were not willing to come forward easily.After tossing and tossing for a long time, the head of the Han family didn't even see Cui Yunqing, the head of the Cui family.Later, I accidentally learned that the mother of Cui Yunqing's protégé, Li Jing, was actually a member of the side branch of the Han family married many years ago. The head of the Han family had no other choice, so he asked his younger sister, who happened to be home to visit her relatives, to take her seventh son and go straight to Wendeng County. The Li family is here.

"Brother Ji Yu is Cui Sima's proud student, and I heard that he has a good relationship with King Zhao of Dengzhou, and he is also a student of Yu Gong. Now the Han family has indeed encountered some twists and turns. Please also see that Brother Ji Yu is also from the Han family in Lingtang For the sake of it, I can help mediate it. If I can get rid of the Feng family this time, my father will give you ten thousand thanks before he has something to say." Seeing that Li Jing didn't speak, he immediately said: " Of course, the Han family will pay for all the expenses involved in the battle. In addition, the Han family will also give [-] guan as a gift to Cui Gong, Yu Gong and King Zhao."

"Does Qilang not know that there is a rift between me and the Cui family? Besides, my family teacher Cui Gong and the Feng family have always had some feuds before. When Feng Yanqing died, there were many rumors that the family teacher did it. Just imagine, the family teacher It's too late to hide from the Feng family, so why would you want to intervene in it?"

Han Zhi glared at Li Jing with a gloomy face, gritted his teeth and said, "Fifteen thousand guan, if you can make this happen, the Han family will give brother Ji Yu another [-] guan."

Hearing this, Li Jing couldn't help feeling a little angry.The matter was nothing, but Guan Jian was a little upset by Han Zhi's tone of voice.Han Zhi seemed to regard him as a subordinate of the Zhi family, and his words were a little instructive.Especially when Han Zhi always said that he paid the money, then Li Jing should see the money and accept the money with a smile to help him.Li Jing really needed money. He originally had more than 1000 yuan left after buying the equipment, but after returning home, he was preparing for his mother's birthday, taking in refugees, and recruiting soldiers.

Seeing that the money bag is empty again, Li Jing is still willing to do a profitable business at this time.But Han Zhi's attitude made him a little uncomfortable.Besides, as a small town general, he is really powerless to intervene in the battle between big noble families like Feng Han.What's more, Feng Zhang from Daxie Village is his immediate boss.

"Sorry, sorry brother, I can't do anything." Li Jing's tone became a little cold and he refused.