The news of the great victory on the front line spread from the court to the people, from the princes to the ordinary people. All the topics revolved around this great victory.
The discussion intensity seems to be even higher than last year’s Great Victory in Northwest China.
After all, in the eyes of the people of the Song Dynasty, Xiazhou Dangxiang was nothing more than a mere barbarian.
But the Liao Kingdom is different!
The Liao Kingdom was a 'big country' that had signed an alliance with Zheng'er Bajing of the Song Dynasty and became brothers.
Previously, in the confrontation with the Liao Kingdom, the Song Dynasty had always been in a weak position.
Before this war began, the most optimistic people thought that the best situation was that the Song Dynasty could maintain a 50-50 split with the Liao Kingdom and keep the enemy at bay.
Big victory?
Never thought about it!
Because of the great victory on the front line, the business of restaurants in Bianliang City increased several times in an instant.
Those who are rich invite a few friends to the main store to celebrate. The so-called main store refers to the 72 restaurants with "licensed brewing qualifications".
This type of hotel often has tall buildings, an elegant environment, a relatively large area, a wide variety of wine and food, and mostly private rooms.
A more sophisticated point is to use the small courtyard as a banquet place.
The environment and price are often directly proportional. The consumption of such places is usually very high, and their main customer groups are mostly middle- and upper-class people such as scholar-bureaucrats, wealthy businessmen, and nobles.
As for those who are short of money, they go to foot shops to spend money.
(Main store: a large store with a brewing license, foot store: a service organization with a liquor sales license, which can wholesale alcohol from the main store)
On this day, the operators of all the main stores and footwear shops in Beijing were almost smiling.
Such a grand scene is rare to see.
It would be great if the Song Dynasty won every day.
This is the sentiment of almost all hotel practitioners.
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What a coincidence, this day is also the day when Ding Wei marries his daughter.
When a prime minister marries a daughter, the ostentation will certainly not be small, and the ten-mile red makeup is just the most basic.
Moreover, Ye Qingchen is not only second in the Tiansheng Second Year Ranking, but he is also very young.
The second place in the 24th place can be said to have a bright future!
For this wedding, Ding Wei allocated 200 hectares of land alone, including 100 hectares around Bianliang and 100 hectares in his hometown in Suzhou.
Secondly, there is a large house in the middle of Beijing, with more than ten deeded rooms, and a complete set of all kinds of high-quality furniture from the inside to the outside.
If compared to later generations, Ding said that the value of dowry for marrying a girl has at least a small goal.
The dowry of 100 million yuan was given to the daughter alone, which shows the extravagance of the Ding family.
Finally, Ding Wei also hired famous chefs from Beijing to host a banquet on West Street and invited the people in Beijing to eat at the flowing banquet for free.
In fact, Ding Wei also spent a lot of money this time. Even though the dowry would be in his daughter's name, he felt heartbroken.
That's all his hard-earned money!
Can you not feel bad?
But this is a very necessary thing.
Rather than saying that Ding Wei was marrying off his daughter, it was more of a political show.
The more he paid attention to Ye Qingchen's performance, the more support he gained from southern scholars.
This is very important.
After all, Wang Qinruo was also from the South. In recent times, Wang Qinruo has been making frequent moves, and his purpose is nothing more than to compete with him for the right to speak in the southern scholar group.
Funing Hall.
Of course Li Jie knew about Ding Wei's marriage to his daughter. Not only did he know about it, he also gave him a pair of jade bis as a token of his respect.
However, when Li Jie received the secret report from the Imperial City Division, he suddenly felt that Ding Wei had failed to handle the matter of marrying off his daughter.
Although the Ding family is also a family of official officials, Ding Wei's father, grandfather, great-grandfather and others did not hold high official positions, but only middle and low-level officials.
It was not until Ding Wei's generation that the Ding family became prosperous.
Ding said that the dowry given to his daughter-in-law was too thick, surprisingly thick.
How much of this money was earned through honest means, and how much was obtained through plunder and robbery?
In fact, Ding said that Li Jie was aware of some gray income matters.
If the water is clear, there will be no fish.
From ancient times to the present, how many officials have been able to resist greed?
The vast majority of people are Zhao Dehan.
There are very few honest officials like Hai Ruina.
However, it is one thing to turn a blind eye, and it is another thing to openly show off one's wealth.
As expected.
The day after the wedding, Liu Ye, the censor Zhongcheng, went to read Ding Wei's book.
[I heard that the teachings of the saints are from near to far, from the inside to the outside. Therefore, the customs of the capital are the cardinals of the world!
The four directions meet and defend from within.
In recent years, weddings and funerals have become more lavish and extravagant. Over time, men and women choose to marry from wealthy people or from high-ranking families in order to have a large dowry.
I heard that as the years passed, luxury and customs increased, and those who married were unable to sell their land and property, so they could not marry a daughter. Now, many of the daughters of the poor live in seclusion.
What's more, people are happy when they have a boy, but they are drowned when they have a girl, so that in the village, there are no wives to marry, so they have to buy them from other states.
What does it mean to buy from another state?
It's called marriage, but it's actually the sale of people and goods, which can lead to the separation of parents and children.
Investigating the root cause of the disadvantages, they all lie in paying more attention to weddings and burials.
The Duke of Jin Ding said that he ruled the world and was the head of hundreds of officials. However, the daughters married by the Duke of Jin competed with each other in extravagance, and their dowries stretched for more than ten miles.
This is also a harmful custom.
I hope that your Majesty will send someone to give instructions.
In addition, Your Majesty should order the world to follow the etiquette in weddings and funerals, and not to be extravagant.]
This memorial may not seem very impressive. After all, Liu Ye only impeached Ding Wei in the name of "harmful customs."
However, the Song Dynasty was completely different from that of later generations, both in terms of values and customs.
The Song Dynasty did not rule the country by law, but by benevolence and morality.
Law is only a subordinate position.
Therefore, the crime of violating moral customs is enough to cause an official to lose his official position.
certainly.
This trick can only work on those officials who have relatively high self-moral requirements.
Xi Ding said that this kind of old cowhide is completely useless.
Ding Mansion.
Marrying a daughter was supposed to be a festive day, but Ding's so-called good mood was completely ruined by Liu Ye's letter.
Why did Liu Ye impeach him?
His money is pure and clean. It was neither stolen nor robbed. Why can't he give it to his daughter?
Furthermore, it was not him who started the trend of generous marriages.
Fan Zhongyan, whom the officials valued, didn't show extravagance when he got married?
It’s the same!
"Oh."
After a long time, Ding Wei let out a sneer.
Bravo!
Really good job!
Liu Ye, who was still sitting in the position of censor Zhongcheng, pointed the finger at him.
It makes no sense!
Wasn't he the one who forced Liu Yun, the former censor Zhongcheng, to leave?
If we want to settle accounts, we should also settle accounts with Wang Qinruo.
As a result, this old guy Liu Ye actually dared to provoke me?
It is unbearable!
Ding Wei felt that it was necessary to show his fangs to avoid others misunderstanding that he was a toothless tiger.
Since Liu Ye wants to fight him, he will have a good fight with him.