This is not the Datang I am familiar with

There, Princess Yiyang came in from the courtyard gate, and Chen Fang hurriedly got up to greet her.This eldest princess of the Tang Dynasty really can add a lot of glory to wherever she goes.

Chen Fang had no immunity to this eldest princess, so much so that he didn't feel right to take a second look.This ripe peach, I really want to take a bite.

"Sister Huang, every time you tell Chen Fang that you don't need to salute, he doesn't listen!"

Gao An took Yiyang's arm and sued Chen Fang in front of Chen Fang as if he was wronged.

"Chen Aiqing sit down! I don't know if you have something to do today?"

Yi Yang spoke softly, and Chen Fang was slightly smothered by those words.

"Back to your Highnesses, Chen Fang does have a little matter, I wonder if your Highnesses know these people?"

Chen Fang hurriedly took out the brochure in his arms, it was a matter of business.

Yiyang took it and opened it, and Chen Fang looked at Yiyang's expression, as expected, Yiyang looked at the names clearly showing confusion. .

Yiyang looked at it for a while, Gao An also leaned in to take a look, shook his head, Yiyang closed the booklet, and shook his head too.

Chen Fang sighed inwardly, as expected His Highness did not know him.That's right, the two princesses were born in the palace and grew up in the palace. The rules in the palace are strict, and they have almost no contact with the outside of the palace. It's strange to know each other!

Chapter 1 Eleven Imperial Examinations and Aristocrats

These princesses who grew up in the palace will probably not have contact with people outside the palace until they get married, and they cannot be compared with princes.

"I only know one, Qin Huaidao. When I was young, he was a military officer of Qianniuwei in the palace. I met him a few times."

Qin Huaidao, when Princess Yiyang said it, Chen Fang remembered that there seemed to be such a person in the roster. He took the roster yesterday and didn't look at it carefully, but only took a rough look. People who didn't know him didn't read it.

I didn't expect that there was such a person in the roster.

Qin Huaidao himself is really not well-known, and he is not a big official. Except for being a thousand bull military equipment, he has been an official of the sixth rank and seventh rank.

In the Tang Dynasty, especially in Chang'an, where the royal family, nobles, and military officials are densely populated, Qin Huaidao's official position is really not worth mentioning.

But his father is not ordinary, his father is the famous Hu Guogong Qin Qiong Qin Shubao, there is also a portrait of his father in Lingyan Pavilion.He is Li Tang's meritorious nobleman who founded the country, and he is also a famous general in Chinese history.

One of the door gods who stick to the gate of the courtyard in later generations is Qin Qiong.

At this time, he took the roster from Princess Yiyang, opened it to check, and sure enough, there was Qin Huaidao among them.

I didn't take a closer look yesterday, but when I saw it now, Chen Fang felt a little sighed, and he didn't know how the queen of the state got into such a miserable situation.

You must know that Qin Qiong is the highest official in the Zhu Kingdom, the three commanders of the Qin Palace, the General of Zuo Wuwei, and the Duke of Yi.

After his death, he was buried with Zhaoling and presented as a posthumous gift to the governor of Xuzhou. Later, he was renamed Hu Guogong.

Qin Qiong is already an extremely human minister, but his son Qin Huaidao is really in a miserable situation.

It's all right to be a thousand cow guard and military equipment, after all, he is His Majesty's personal guard, and if he can, he will be a county magistrate to join the army in the local area, so he is really far behind his father.

According to the behavior of several emperors in the early Tang Dynasty, as long as Qin Huaidao was not too unbearable, he would not be able to achieve such an official position. After all, he was the founder of the country, and Li Tang would definitely treat this group of people kindly.

In the history of China, the Tang Dynasty was definitely the best era after the founding fathers, but Qin Huaidao...

Now there is Qin Huaidao in the book, Chen Fang can guess why he appears in it.

It seems that the Ministry of Officials attaches great importance to the election of Tang Gongfang this time. Your Majesty attaches so much importance to Tang Gongfang. Naturally, coming here to be an official will be very beneficial to the future career.

After Qin Huaidao, after Hu Guogong, he naturally had a lot of contacts in the court, and if there was a vacancy, he would naturally walk around a little, and it was written in the book by the official department.

This is a must. Before Chen Fang crossed over, he had been to the tomb of Qin Qiong near Zhaoling Mausoleum. Of course, the incense was not particularly prosperous, and there were no stone men and stone horses ordered by the Tang emperor.However, being able to bury Zhaoling with him will show how much the former emperor valued Qin Qiong.

Qin Huaidao wanted to come first. After all, he had a big background and it really didn't suit him, so he could just change it later.

The two highnesses only knew Qin Huaidao, Chen Fang didn't stay here for long, Gaoan Chen Fang didn't want to see him at all, Yiyang didn't dare to look too much, it's better to stay away from the two highnesses.

After leaving the yard, I saw Meng Fei waiting outside the yard.

"I heard that the lord is here. Meng Fei has just been busy with some things, so I came here!"

"It's okay, you are busy with your work, I just ask the two highnesses to ask something."

"Then did your lord ask?"

Chen Fang shook his head, feeling a little distressed. At this moment, he was already thinking of who to ask again, who else he knew could know these people in the book.The worst plan is to ask someone from the official department.

In fact, Chen Fang had already made some guesses about the identities of these people and was just waiting for proof.

Seeing Chen Fang shaking his head and continuing to walk out of the square, Meng Fei walked a few steps with Chen Fang.

"If your lord didn't ask, Meng Fei dared to know what your lord asked your Highnesses about!"

"It's no big deal, you are the actual supervisor of the workshop at this time, and you have the right to know about this."

Chen Fang took the booklet out of his pocket and handed it to Meng Fei.

Meng Fei opened it, looked at the names, nodded and shook her head frequently.

"They are all descendants of the rich and powerful in Chang'an City. They seem to be candidates for the imperial examination the year before last, but they are not familiar with them."

The Sui and Tang Dynasties were the beginning of the Chinese imperial examination system. Since the Sui Dynasty, there has been an imperial examination system. The imperial court discovered and appointed talents through the imperial examination.

Before the Sui Dynasty, the Huaxia Dynasty had been using the method of recommendation to select officials since the Han Dynasty, which created a special system in this period, the gentry clan system.

Some local prominent families controlled various places to recommend this way, so there were more officials in the imperial court than these prominent families.

The state selects officials based only on family background, and the powerful and noble families monopolize important official positions in the government.Then through the marriage of the big families, this formed a powerful and noble class.

The so-called non-intermarriage between scholars and commoners is one of the most important manifestations of family marriage.It shows that in ordinary life, it naturally becomes a marriage that needs to be matched.

When the aristocrats were the strongest, even the gentry looked down on even the relatives of the royal family.

In history, the king and the horse shared the world in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, which shows the strength of the gentry from one side. At that time, the Langya Wang family even surpassed the royal family in power.

But in this dynasty, when Emperor Taizong Shen Guogong Gao Shilian compiled the clan annals, according to the old system, the Qinghe Cui family was placed before the Longxi Li family. Taizong was furious, so he put the emperor's surname first.

These all show the strength of the elite clan.

The emergence of the imperial examination system was the heaviest blow to the patriarchal system. The national selection of talents paid more attention to the ability of officials themselves than to the family background, which naturally diverted the power that was traditionally held in the hands of the gentry.

However, the patriarchal system finally died out at the end of the Tang Dynasty, which means that even at this time, the patriarchal system still exists firmly.

The five surnames and seven wangs, the founding honors are still the ruling force of this country, and the influence of the gentry on society can be seen everywhere.

Take the harem as an example, who can achieve the position of four concubines and nine concubines without the support of a huge family.Even many concubines in the harem came from one of the five surnames and seven Wangs.

For example, Concubine Jing was born in the Wang family of Taiyuan, and she had already been a queen in history.

How powerful the five surnames and seven surnames were in the Tang Dynasty, take the Taiyuan Wang family as an example. Wang Bo, Wang Zhihuan, Wang Changling, and Wang Wei were all born in the Taiyuan Wang family.

And any one of these people, they are all famous people through the ages, if you say you don't know them, you have always heard the poems written by them.

Luo Xia and Lone Frog fly together, the autumn water is always the same.

Why bamboo flute complain willow, spring is not degree Pass.

The bright moon in Qin Dynasty and the pass in Han Dynasty, the people of the Great Wall have not yet returned. .

Advise Jun to make a glass of wine even more, and there is no reason for him to go out of Yangguan.

Of course, these are not important to Chen Fang.At this time, Meng Fei looked at the list and said what she said, letting Chen Fang know that she even asked someone to ask who the people in the list were, but she didn't know that there were people around her who knew the family background of these people.

Chapter 1 Twelve Don't Give It to Me

It was a complete surprise to Chen Fang that Meng Fei knew these people, and she had never thought of it before.

At this time, Chen Fang was even more curious about Meng Fei's background. What kind of background would allow Meng Fei to know these people well?

Naturally, Chen Fang still wouldn't ask too many questions, and Meng Fei would naturally say that it was a tacit understanding between the two of them if he wanted to tell him.

It is really intentional to plant flowers that will not bloom, but to plant willows and willows unintentionally.

Meng Fei began to tell Chen Fang about the people in the roster. After listening to Meng Fei's introduction, Chen Fang already knew the people in the roster.

There are roughly three types of people in this roster, at least some of them are some people who passed the imperial examination. These people don't have a strong family background, but they should all be quite rich.Meng Fei was not familiar with these people, so Chen Fang could only guess about them.

The largest group of people are the so-called second-generation officials, but none of them are descendants, and those who are descendants probably look down on Tang Gongfang. After all, they can get along like ducks in water in three provinces, six departments, nine temples and five prisons.

Your Majesty thinks highly of Tang Gongfang, but in their eyes, it is just a workshop after all. What the workshop does, it is estimated that in their eyes, it is similar to the military inspector and Shaofu inspector.

But those second-generation officials who were concubines were different. They could get limited protection from their parents, and the family would not spend much effort on them.Naturally, if you have a position, you have to climb up. No matter how Tang Gongfang is, it is still a position. There are only so many officials in Datang. If you don’t climb, someone will always climb up.

It has always been that there are fewer pits and more radishes, so it would be nice to have a pit.

The third category is the children of the traditional gentry, but there is no child of the big gentry, they are all the children of the small gentry and the down-and-out gentry.

The big gentry naturally looked down on Tang Gongfang, and the small gentry probably only regarded it as an investment. It is good to mix well, and find another place to continue mixing if it is not good.

Chen Fang was extremely dissatisfied with this roster, except for a few second-generation officials, Chen Fang didn't like any of them.

But here comes the problem, the empress asked herself to see if she needed to change it, but if she didn't want most of it, it would make Wu Meiniang feel unhappy and offend the officials.

How to persuade this group of people to quit is a problem. Let them quit by themselves, so that no matter whether the empress or the officials, they will naturally have nothing to say and will not blame themselves.It's not that I drive you away that you want to leave.

How to make them retreat by themselves?

When Chen Fang returned to Taiji Palace, the sun had already set and the sky was covered with red clouds.

Today, I have something on my mind, and I was a little absent-minded during the meal. After dinner, Tao Hong came to find Chen Fang from the Ganlu Hall.

"Your Majesty asked how about the roster?"

"Report to your mother, and the Tang Gongfang officials will be hired according to this roster!"

Since they couldn't change all of them, Chen Fang simply didn't change any of them.

Chen Fang handed the roster back to Tao Hong, a small roster that reflected a social reality in the early Tang Dynasty.The imperial examination and the powerful coexisted, and the gentry danced with the people.

The old and new material selection modes exist together and will coexist for a long time.The power of the traditional gentry is still strong, and the old and new nobles will still occupy the upper echelons of society for a long time.

Even though Gaozong and Wu Meiniang wanted to suppress the power of the clan, they were still powerless in this matter. Even the imperial power did not do whatever it wanted in this era.

Chen Fang prepared some snacks for Taohong, and the girl happily left with a paper bag and the list.

Little greedy cat, Chen Fang couldn't help laughing and cursing in his heart, thinking that Tao Hong couldn't bear to leave his side because of a few stutters, Chen Fang was very happy.

When Tao Hong walked a few steps, suddenly the paper bag in her arms broke, and the melon seeds and the like fell to the ground.

When Chen Fang saw the melon seeds and peanuts, he suddenly had an idea.

"Sister Taohong, don't worry about it, I'll prepare some for you, and I'll take care of them."

There, Yinye had already run over from the desk to help Taohong clean up the sunflower seeds and peanuts that fell on the ground so that she didn't have to clean them up.

Yinye is sensible enough to know that Taohong is the empress' confidant, and saw two beautiful maids cleaning up there.

But Chen Fang had already walked out of the room, and at this time, under the light of the palace lantern, Chen Fang was giggling.

"You retired by yourself, so you can't blame me!"

After Taohong left, Yinye put the packed snacks on the table and started to eat by herself.The ground is not dirty, she cleans it carefully every day, so everything is not dirty, besides, these melon seeds and peanuts have shells, even if the outside is covered with dust, the inside is clean.

When Chen Fang came back, he was leaning against the table, knocking melon seeds and peeling peanuts together with Yinye in a disreputable manner.

On the second day, Chen Fang went to the Shangshi Bureau early and asked two young cooks to prepare some bamboo sticks. The bamboo sticks were small, and the skin was scraped off and cleaned. Then, one end was wrapped with maltose, and it was wrapped in a lump. When the maltose dries, it will become I bought a simple lollipop, wrapped it in white rice paper, and counted it as icing.

It was the end of March at this time, and the weather was still a little cold, so there was no need to worry about the sugar melting and sticking to the paper.Chen Fang wanted to use plastic paper, but unfortunately he didn't.

I made some, took them back and put them on the table, and used them as silver leaf snacks.

Eat more sugar, eat more meat, and get fat quickly.

There is nothing to do today, and the Shangshi Bureau is completely managed by the two young cooks at this time, and the lady also specially confessed that Chen Fang does not need to go to the Ganlu Hall to serve meals, so Chen Fang is completely at leisure at this time.

Nothing to do, taught Yinye arithmetic for a while, and let her practice by herself. When Yinye saw the pile of snacks at the corner of the table, she casually peeled off the icing of an ancient lollipop and put it in her mouth. It was so sweet.

One lick and one obliteration, the mouth is full of the sweet aroma of maltose.

Your Excellency is so kind, these few days I have been given meat every day, and there are enough snacks.Looking at Chen Fang, Yinye's face turned rosy unconsciously.

Compared to other court ladies, Yinye felt that she was very happy.He continued to lick it, and satisfactorily wrote the answer to a formula on the paper with a pen.

"Chen Fang! Chen Fang!"

Someone was calling Chen Fang from far away, no need to look, the only one who could call himself so unscrupulously from afar was His Highness Taiping.

After a while, Taiping came running over. This windy woman is really unimpressive.You are a princess, even a little princess is still a princess, how can a princess run like this?

"Taiping, you're running so fast, I can't even catch up!"

Anding shouted from behind, panting after Taiping.

Taiping ran over, Chen Fang hurriedly saluted, Taiping helped Chen Fang up, and walked into the house.He really thinks this is his own home, well, this palace belongs to the Li family, not the home of His Highness Taiping.