Although the Li family is a famous family in Yingtian Mansion, since the three brothers Li Changling entered the officialdom one after another, most of their family members have moved to Ge, Xuzhou Prefecture.
Therefore, the Li family is also known as the Changge Li family.
Of course, even if the Li family moved to Xuzhou, Yingtian Mansion was their ancestral home.
As a well-known local family, if Mrs. Li wants to marry her daughter, it is natural that she wants to marry her in a glamorous manner.
The Song Dynasty had always had a tradition of dowrying generously, especially if a daughter from a wealthy family married, as long as she had a little bit of capital, the dowry would be generous.
These parents include, but are not limited to, fields, pavements, dressing tables, cloth beds, bedside tables, and a series of other things.
In fact, the trend of marrying generously does not mean that you are stupid.
The laws of the Song Dynasty clearly stipulated that a woman’s dowry was her private property, and no one else could seize her private property unless she took the initiative to donate it.
Not even the husband.
In addition, if both parties reconcile, the woman can take the dowry away alone.
This is clearly stated and no one can stop it.
Not even the prime minister can do it.
During the Xianping period, a surprising and strange thing happened in the court.
Two husband-in-laws, Zhang Qixian and Xiang Minzhong, ended up being dismissed from office because they asked to marry a widow.
The widow's surname is Chai, and the surname Chai is enough to indicate the identity of the other party.
(Chai is the daughter-in-law of Xue Juzheng, who was the prime minister of the Taizu Dynasty. Being able to marry Xue, Chai’s identity is self-evident. She is probably the Chai of the Chai family in the later Zhou Dynasty)
Mrs. Chai was originally the daughter-in-law of Xue Weiji, the general of the left-leading Wei army. However, Xue Weiji was married for the second time and his first wife died relatively early.
Although Xue Weiji's first wife died early, she left him two sons.
Unfortunately, not long after Xue Weiji married the Chai family, he passed away unexpectedly.
When Xue Weiji died, the Chai family immediately had no support, because he and Xue Weiji had no children. The two sons in the family were all born to Xue Weiji's ex-wife.
In addition, Xue Weiji, like his father Xue Juzheng, was not good at running a family, and the internal relationship within the family was not very good.
Therefore, the stepmother Chai thought of remarrying.
It was very common for women in the Song Dynasty to remarry, and it was reasonable for the Chai family to want to remarry.
However, Xue Weiji's two sons were unwilling.
Once Mrs. Chai remarries, it means that Mrs. Chai will take away all the dowry.
I don’t know where Xue Weiji’s son heard the rumor that his stepmother was planning to remarry the husband Zhang Qixian.
(PS: At this time, the Western Xia invaded the Song Dynasty. Because Zhang Qixian was familiar with military affairs, he was sent to the northwest by Zhenzong to conduct a military expedition in Shaanxi.
What he sent at this time was the military envoy of the Rong army in Yanning, Huanqing, Jingyuan, and Yiwei Town, to judge Pizhou, and to order the Huanqing, Jingyuan and Yongxing armies to garrison and be subject to their control. This is roughly equivalent to
Commander-in-Chief of Northwest Military Region
Although Zhang Qixian was not the prime minister at this time, it had only been about a year since he had resigned as prime minister, and the power he now held was not much worse than that of the prime minister.
(Jinglue Xianggong is also Xianggong)
Xue Weiji's sons knew very well that once their stepmother really remarried, with Zhang Qixian's power, they would have no choice but to swallow the consequences of losing both their lives and wealth with tears.
Therefore, Xue Weiji's son directly reported Mr. Chai to the Kaifeng government office.
When the governor of Kaifeng Prefecture saw the defendants, one was Chai and the other was former prime minister Zhang Qixian, how could he dare to make the decision easily?
Subsequently, the matter came to Zhenzong's desk.
Zhenzong also felt a headache when he encountered this matter. Zhang Qixian was a prime minister he was very optimistic about, although he occasionally had minor problems.
But the ability is still there.
If this matter really makes a big fuss, can this person be used again in the future?
Most likely not.
Therefore, in the spirit of turning major matters into trivial matters, Zhenzong ordered people to quietly summon Chai.
But Chai's is not a fuel-efficient lamp either.
When questioned, Chai's statement was completely different from Xue's adverb.
Later, Mrs. Chai even went to beat the Dengwen drum and sued Xiang Minzhong, the prime minister of the dynasty. She bluntly said that Xiang Minzhong was secretly resentful because he failed to propose marriage, so he instigated Xue Weiji's son to falsely accuse him.
No one thought that a simple case of dividing family property would involve two prime ministers.
This time, not only the Kaifeng Mansion was caught blind, but Zhenzong was also dumbfounded.
Zhenzong first ordered the Yushitai to investigate, and later called Xiang Minzhong to inquire. However, Xiang Minzhong told Zhenzong that his first wife had just died and he had no intention of marrying again.
However, there were some discrepancies between Xiang Minzhong's reply and Yushitai's report.
It is true that Xiang Minzhong had no intention of remarrying Mr. Chai, but he purchased Mr. Xue's house in violation of regulations.
The Song Dynasty was a court with a strong commercial atmosphere. Why were normal house transactions illegal?
Because Zhenzong once issued an edict, Xue Weiji's son was not allowed to sell his father's assets.
Xue Weiji's two sons were notoriously unscrupulous. The two brothers were idle all day long.
If the two brothers were ordinary people, Zhenzong would not issue a special edict. Who made their grandfather Xue Juzheng?
In the end, Xiang Minzhong was dismissed from the prime minister for illegally purchasing Xue's ancestral property.
Zhang Qixian was certainly happy to see his enemy Xiang Minzhong deposed as prime minister. After all, he, Xiang Minzhong and Li Hang were all enemies.
But Zhang Qixian was not happy for long.
Soon, his plan was exposed. It turned out that Chai's lawsuit against Xiang Minzhong was instigated by Zhang Qixian's son, Zhang Zonghao.
Zhang Zongjie is Zhang Qixian's son. If he comes forward, who is behind it? Isn't it Sima Zhao's intention?
The relationship between Zhang Qixian and Xiang Minzhong was not good to begin with, and he had a motive.
Moreover, not long before this incident occurred, Zhang Qixian's close confidant Zeng Zhiyao was demoted to the deputy envoy of Huangzhou Tuanlian.
Zeng Zhiyao was also a celebrity at that time. Of course, in the eyes of future generations, his grandsons Zeng Gong and Zeng Bu should be more famous.
He was demoted to the deputy envoy of the Huangzhou Tuanlian League. In fact, he did not make any big mistake. He was just a victim of political struggle.
Originally, Zhenzong planned to appoint him as Zhizhigao, but Prime Minister Li Hang objected, and then he sent him to Shouzhou.
Later, just because of a memorial, Zeng Zhiyao was demoted to the deputy envoy of Huangzhou Tuanlian.
When Zhang Qixian saw that his younger brother had been demoted, he, as the eldest brother, naturally had to stand up for his younger brother.
Otherwise, how can we lead future teams?
The famous Widow's Gate incident in the Song Dynasty came into being under such circumstances.
If you look deeper into it, any prime minister coveting the widow’s property is all fake.
Zhang Qixian's real purpose is to bring down Xiang Minzhong.
In the end, he succeeded, but also failed.
After the conspiracy was exposed, Zhang Qixian was demoted to Taichang Qing and assigned to Xijing.
Moreover, Zhang Qixian was never reused again.
Of course, given his seniority and rank, he would definitely not be dismissed casually. No matter how downcast he was, he would still be the governor of one place.