Who has ever heard of female officials? Being an official is a challenge to the patriarchal society, to social rules, and to ethics.
But in the Tang Dynasty, there were female officials very realistically.
At first, the ladies of the Tang Dynasty did not want to be kept in captivity at home, and under the instigation of Wu Zhao and others, they began to fight for some insignificant and insignificant official positions.
But now, the officialdom of the Tang Dynasty was helpless.
Because the number of officials is seriously insufficient. Just for Goguryeo, various civilian officials, large and small, have been sent to more than a thousand people this time. Jian'an City is no longer under military control, but has officially become one.
In one state, a road was built in Liaodong, but thousands of officials were thrown into the same place and couldn't even make a splash.
In the early days of Zhenguan, it was definitely enough.
But the emergence of Li Yuanxing increased this demand more than ten times.
In addition to serving as officials, the demand for men who were literate, knowledgeable about history, knowledgeable about etiquette, and capable of managing societies in various chambers of commerce and workshops increased more than a thousand times. The first women to be in power were not in the imperial court, but among the people.
The demand for chambers of commerce and workshops was huge. When selecting talented officials from the states and counties around Chang'an, many women who had worked in workshops were also selected to become female officials.
This is also one of the reasons why Qiuxiang was granted the title of seventh-grade female official.
Li Yuanxing was preparing for war after the New Year in the second year of Zhenguan, and then started the war. Now the affairs of Liaodong Road cannot be controlled except by the King of Qin.
Li Er and the officials did not tell Li Yuanxing about such a trivial matter.
Speaking of female officials, there was a female official with a good status who was on her way back to her hometown. It was four hundred miles from Jian'an City to her hometown. The four hundred miles in ancient times were not as good as those in modern times, and the four hundred miles here were not as good as that.
The road from Yaozhou to Chang'an. But Jin Manqing was really eager to take the road. When setting off, Jin Manqing spent all his savings.
For no other reason than that the sergeants escorting her could travel more miles every day.
The sergeants don't know how to collect money.
The captain who led the team said half-jokingly: He was only an eighth-grade captain, while Jin Manqing held the title of seventh-grade and did the work of sixth-grade. Even with this difference in status, he would not refuse such a request.
However, the sergeants worked hard, and His Highness rewarded them with so much meat. He took out half a fan every night to feed the two hundred sergeants as a thank you.
In ancient times, there was less oil and fat was the best meat.
A big fat pig weighs two to three hundred kilograms, a fan weighs over a hundred kilograms, and half a fan weighs more than fifty kilograms.
This extra meal is really kind.
The journey was four hundred miles, and we set up camps outside and did not disturb the place. We just sent out cavalry to say hello in the counties along the way.
The people on the road were only surprised. They didn't know what kind of big shot this was, and they all stayed away.
I only know that he is a nobleman of the Tang Dynasty.
In the afternoon of the third day after setting off, we finally arrived ten miles away from Jin Manqing's hometown. The captain waved his hand: "Stop!"
After the team stopped, Captain Pei came to Jin Manqing's carriage:
"Golden Plumber, according to the guide, this place is less than ten miles away from your village. I want the brothers to have a drink of water and rest, and then tidy up their equipment. Entering the village is a shame for you, and it's also
The face of the Tang Dynasty!"
"Thank you for your hard work, I'm here to thank you all!"
Jin Manqing's eyes were red. She was going home soon. She had been away from home for almost ten years. I really wonder how her family was doing?
Jin Manqing didn't know that the people in the village were already in extreme unrest at this time.
The Tang Dynasty occupied this place, and all the officials in the county became officials of the Tang Dynasty. At noon today, the nobles from the county came to their village, and only told the village chief that a big shot was here, and the local officials in Yili wanted to
I heard that a noble man from Datang County was coming to greet me.
The county magistrate here has ordered the villagers to clean the streets.
County Prince of the Tang Dynasty is the second-second-class title in the Tang Dynasty. The four are actually three levels of royal titles: Duke of the country, Duke of the county, Duke of the county, Marquis of the county, County uncle, son of the county, and son of the county.
The son was granted the title of Prince of Kaiguo County, which in the Tang Dynasty also belonged to the gentry. At least he had entered the gentry family. This title was no joke.
Except for Wu Zhao, who was given a false title by special decree of the two emperors, the rest must be certified by the Ministry of Rites.
There are four levels of kings and titles in the Tang Dynasty, including the King of Qin in the Tang Dynasty, the princes, and then the heirs (those who inherit the princes are the heirs) and county princes. Because there is only one King of Qin and it is no longer passed down, the Tang Dynasty has only
A third-level prince.
There are almost no counties in Goguryeo, and this is an even smaller county.
He was originally the county magistrate of a remote county in Jingzhao. He was a ninth-rank minor official. He was promoted five levels in a row and became a seventh-rank county magistrate. He came to Goguryeo.
The county magistrate walked back and forth in the village, even ordering the debris at the intersection to be moved away.
This is not flattery. It is based on Tang rites and official documents from the Ministry of Rites. Officials with titles in the Tang Dynasty need to be greeted by local county magistrates when they return to their hometowns to visit relatives. This is etiquette. It also gives a great face to meritorious ministers with titles.
Otherwise, why is it called Homecoming?
What's more, when the current county magistrate came to take office, the Ministry of Rites made a special statement that Jin Manqing's title was appointed by His Royal Highness King Qin of the Tang Dynasty and His Royal Highness the Empress Changsun of the Tang Dynasty, and there was a strategic meaning in letting her return home in fine clothes.
A small official wouldn't be able to explain too much, but he was asked to deal with it carefully.
An official with a sixth-grade job is actually a seventh-grade official, and the county magistrate does not dare to be careless.
The county magistrate was nervous, which made everyone in the village nervous, and everyone fell into an extremely depressed atmosphere.
Finally, Jin Manqing saw the village and the stone tablet with the name of the village in front of it.
There was a stone tablet that had been erected here for who knows how many years. Jin Manqing cried, tears streaming down her face uncontrollably. Among the people who returned to her hometown with her, there was no one who did not shed tears.
"Report, it's coming, it's coming." A clerk ran over in a hurry.
The county magistrate dressed up and walked towards the entrance of the village with his men. Only three of his men were from the Tang Dynasty, and the rest were selected from the local area or were officials from the original yamen.
"Stand... at attention!" After a loud slogan, there was a neat snap. People in the Tang Dynasty knew that it was the sound of the heels of the soldiers' boots of the Tang Dynasty. They didn't know how much the people of Chang'an liked this sound. It represented the might of the Tang army.
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The whole village was at the entrance of the village. They were afraid, and most of them were kneeling on the ground.
At least in the past, the nobles of Goguryeo would beat and rob people. Those who did not kneel down would be beaten with whips or even killed.
But a few brave ones looked at the team, as if some of the people in the team were their own family members, but they did not dare to recognize them. How could there be among the Tang nobles' team their lowly Goguryeo commoners?
"Xiaoguan, the magistrate of Qingjiao County respectfully welcomes Shangguan back to his hometown to visit relatives."
Jin Manqing resisted the urge to rush into the village immediately, stepped down from the carriage lightly, keeping in mind the official etiquette of the Tang Dynasty at every step, and returned the Tang official salute in front of the Qingjiao County Magistrate: "Your Excellency, I welcome you from Lao County.
It is really uneasy for an official to return to his hometown and disturb the official business of the county. Please accept my courtesy!"
Hearing the woman's voice, everyone in the village raised their heads.
What a woman wears so luxuriously.
But that was the color of their Goguryeo clothes. I didn't know what the woman was talking about, but I could feel that her status was higher than that of the biggest nobleman here, the county magistrate of Qingjiao County.
The magistrate of Qingjiao County said softly: "After the official ceremony, the financial plumber no longer has to worry about anything. If the official returns his clothes to his hometown, he will probably rush to his parents. I will return to the county immediately. If you need anything, please send me
People come."
Jin Manqing was speechless, tears welled up like spring water.
She had already seen her parents kneeling in the crowd. Although eight years had passed and her parents were old, those faces were carved deep in her heart with a knife. They were the parents who gave birth to her and raised her. The family was so poor that her brothers and sisters were starving to death.
Well, as long as you send yourself to the palace and become a lowly maidservant, this is your chance of survival.
Eight years, exactly eight years.
Jin Manqing was whipped by a female official in the Goguryeo palace eight years ago, then worked hard to learn medical skills, then was sent to the north on official business with the palace medical officer, then was captured by the Mohe people, and finally became a slave in Yaozhou.
Now, as a seventh-rank official of the Tang Dynasty, he has returned home with wealth comparable to that of the entire Qingjiao County.
Jin Manqing almost fainted.
After the county magistrate left, several female medical workers brought by Jin Manqing had fainted from crying.
Jin Manqing couldn't bear it any longer, and rushed to her parents, shouting in Goguryeo and crying loudly, telling her about the suffering and injustice she had suffered over the years, and what she saw at this moment.
The indescribable feelings of being a parent.
The originally frightened villagers were stunned.
They couldn't understand Chinese, but they could understand Goguryeo.
A woman who even the county magistrate of Datang respected, knelt down in front of the Jin family and his wife. She turned out to be the daughter of the Jin family and his wife. Is this a dream?
More people rushed over. They had been looking forward to it for countless days and nights, but they never thought of the day they would return to their hometown.
The whole village was surrounded by crying.
He had killed people and shed blood. The Colonel of the Tang Dynasty, who refused to retreat in the face of hundreds of thousands of Turkic cavalry, had red eyes. In order not to be seen, he deliberately turned his head and cursed at his subordinates with a dark face:
"If you don't go and set up camp immediately, I'll slap you with a big slap!"
The sergeants also had red eyes. After hearing the order, the sergeants nodded vigorously, turned around and ordered to start setting up camp.
The village was in a state of weeping. They were all old neighbors who had lived for hundreds of years. Jin Manqing was the daughter who left the village and returned to her hometown in fine clothes. No one was excited about it.
The village was poor but hospitable. They moved out all the food stored at home to prepare to entertain the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty.
The captain smiled heartily and ordered loudly: "Brothers, bring out the big pot. Bring out the famous dishes of our army, the big pot of pork and cabbage stewed vermicelli, the big pot of whole red and white sorghum, and bring out the wine."
Come out and let go!"
"Open up!" Two hundred sergeants responded loudly at the top of their lungs! (To be continued. Please search Piao Tian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!)