Chapter 002 Ming Dynasty

Yang Mengqi, who is still sitting in **, wears a big red bridal dress, and the color of her clothes is completely different from Chu Hanlu's pink bridal dress. The difference in their identity leads to the difference in the color of the clothes worn by the two. After all, only the wife is qualified to wear the red bride's dress, while the concubine can only wear sub-color clothes.

The old Li Yunhai found a dizzy excuse to perfunctory Chu Hanlu's questioning, and Yang Mengqi, who had a trace of unhappiness in his heart, finally couldn't help opening his head. According to the etiquette of feudal society, Li Yunhai should first remove the head cover of his wife before he could uncover the head cover of his concubine. Yang Mengqi, who was blocked from his sight, didn't know the reason. He thought he did it on purpose. After all, his family and the Chu family have been neighbors for decades, and his feelings with Chu Hanlu are naturally unusual. Although he and he have been married since childhood, their relationship is still very weak, just like strangers they have met.

Li Yunhai's eyes immediately shifted from Chu Hanlu to Yang Mengqi. He found that the girl in his eyes looked bigger than Chu Hanlu. After all, her front dress was slightly curved by the two buds he was thriving. Although she is not a beautiful woman like Chu Hanlu, her eyes are starry, her eyebrows are as far away, and her delicate mouth and high nose bridge are properly embedded in her goose egg face. He carefully stared at Yang Mengqi with a slender body and found that the woman in front of him made him love it more and more. The more he looked at it, the more he felt that she had an unusual charm, and there was a faint arrogance between her eyebrows.

Yang Mengqi noticed his husband's strange eyes, which made his heart tighten and involuntarily lowered his head slightly. Then there were two blushes on his cheeks, and he raised his hands to cover it in a hurry. At this time, Li Yunhai suddenly realized his gaffe. Whether in ancient or modern times, it is inappropriate for an adult man to stare at an underage girl.

The only difference between the two is that ancient people would treat him as a disciple and spread his notoriety, while modern people will only ridicule and ridicule him, and throw out a sentence by the way. Have you never seen a beautiful woman? There was an awkward atmosphere in the air in the room, and Chu Hanlu didn't care and continued to eat the dried fruits on each plate.

Yang Mengqi, who has some panic in his heart, really doesn't know what to do. After all, he has no experience. Her mother died early and has always been brought up by her father. Due to the scientific examination, the marriage of the two was delayed for some time. Since then, his father must have fulfilled the agreement once reached by the two families. Yang's father hurriedly sent his daughter and left. Outsiders didn't know why he was so anxious. Although his purpose was to send his daughter to get married, he did not stay to see the two children finish the big gift, drink the wedding wine, and send them to the bridal chamber.

In order to eliminate the awkward and lively atmosphere, Li Yunhai smiled at Yang Mengqi and said, "Wangzi, how old are you?"

still bowed his head and dared not look directly at Yang Mengqi. He said softly, "This year, I'm 28 years old."

Chu Hanlu, sitting at the table, chewed all kinds of dried fruits in her small mouth and introduced herself with a smile, "I'm thirteen years old. In a while, I will be fourteen years old. My mother said that by that time, I would have grown up.

Li Yunhai, with a smile on his face, nodded to them to confirm, and his heart was touched. He knew that ancient women usually married around the age of 15. However, I am a modern person, and it is inevitable to think of the rule that modern women can only get married at the age of 20. If he really had sex with two people, according to the laws of China in the 21st century, it is also a crime for the police not to pull himself out and shoot him. After all, both of them are underage girls, and Chu Hanlu, who is less than 14 years old, belongs to a young girl. Whether she agrees or not, she will be sentenced by a judge. It is a crime for ** young girls.

Yang Mengqi raised his head slightly and looked at him opposite him and said, "I heard from my father that you are already a weak year, and you have the reputation of a scholar. This autumn is over. I don't know if you can go to high school? If you can hold a high school, then you can go to Beijing to participate in the test next spring. If you can leap over the Dragon Gate, then you will become the pillar of my Ming Dynasty.

Chu Hanlu listened in the fog and looked at the two people back and forth, asking for puzzlement, "I don't understand what you are talking about at all? What is the weak crown, what is the scholar, and what is the autumn and spring? Brother Zimo, can you explain it to me?"

Although Li Yunhai is not fully aware of his current identity, he already knows that the former owner of this body should be a scholar with a talent and reputation. When he woke up and sat on the stool outside the door, he knew that this pair of skins was not original. After all, there was no birthmark on his back for life. Chu Hanlu has been calling herself Zi Moge, which means that his name is Zi Mo. Li Yunhai saw the arrogant and vulgar conversation between Yang Mengqi's eyebrows and knew that this girl must have read the book. As for the Ming Dynasty she said, he guessed that he should have arrived in the Ming Dynasty.

Li Yunhai smiled slightly and saw her extremely worshipful eyes and said in his heart: "Weak crown means that a man has reached the age of 20. Xiucai shows that I have obtained the admission qualification and entered the lowest threshold of the scholar and doctor class. As for Qiu Yan and Chun Yan, that's the name of the township examination and the examination in the imperial examination system.

Chu Hanlu, who seemed to understand, was still confused. She kept shaking her little head, and her eyes still showed infinite worship of the man in front of her. Li Yunhai was very happy to see her sincere eyes. Although he used to be a successful businessman, now he doesn't want to be a businessman at all. Although the merchants in modern society are rich, powerful and powerful, the merchants in the Ming Dynasty are definitely a tragedy.

The social status of merchants in the Ming Dynasty is only a little better than that of prostitutes, actors, beggars, etc. Even if the merchants of the Ming Dynasty are extremely rich, they can't wear silk and high boots. If you want to be addicted and show off, you can only close the door and wear them at home. If you want to go out, you can only wear clothes and shoes made of coarse cloth.

Although farmers can wear clothes and shoes made of silk, they can't afford to consume them. This law was firmly implemented in the early Ming Dynasty. However, it was slightly loosened in the middle of the Ming Dynasty. Li Yunhai speculated that it was caused by the humanization of the imperial court or the rise of capitalism. If a businessman wears illegally, he will not be cut off or skinned. If someone becomes more serious, the merchant will not suffer some flesh and flesh. The criminal law of the Ming Dynasty on this point is to let unruly businessmen die or be mutilated.

Yang Mengqi's face showed a faint sadness and said, "My father has been keen on imperial examination all his life, but he is still a child who has not entered school. The reason why he didn't attend our wedding is not that he is arrogant and powerless, but that he is eager to go home to study and hope to get the reputation of a scholar next year.

Li Yunhai, who listened carefully, did not say anything about the feudal imperial examination system that killed people. After all, the social productivity and relations at that time determined the superiority of this examination system, and this superiority was reflected in the access and opportunity for the lower class to promote to the upper class. Although the probability of this promotion is very low, hope can motivate people. Practice has proved that the better the mobility of classes, the easier it is for society to be stable. However, he knew that not everyone in feudal society was qualified to participate in scientific examinations. For example, sons of prostitutes, jailers, executioners, etc. are not eligible to participate in the imperial examination.

If you go back to the 21st century, this examination system seems to be harmful to scholars, but it is very suitable for that time. The talent selection system in ancient China was far better than the talent selection system in the West at that time. Perhaps hundreds of years later, the civil service examination system in modern society will also be criticized by later generations.

Li Yunhai waved to Yang Mengqi and said kindly, "Since we are already husband and wife, you can come and sit down."

Yang Mengqi got up slowly, made a blessing to him, and whispered, "Yes, my father-in-law."

Li Yunhai only saw her walk over with small steps and sat down gracefully. Sitting on the stool, he understood that the name of the ancient prime minister could not be called casually, and only those scholars who were talented had this qualification. I am very clear about the benefits of fame: first, to avoid personal corvée and military service; second, you don't have to kneel down when you see a county, and you can call yourself a student; third, you can go out with a sword, and you don't need a place to issue a customs pass...

Li Yunhai was once again glad that he remembered some of the Ming Dynasty, otherwise he would be despised by Yang Mengqi. After listening to her previous career and economics, I understood that she was an independent woman. He suddenly felt that a woman's talentlessness was a virtue, which made sense. About the person in her mouth, it reminded him of Fan Jin of My Confucianism and Kong Yiji of Kong Yiji. The former is a person, while the latter is not a person, and the treatment is a heaven and a place.

Although Yang Mengqi, who has already sat over, is also hungry, she is not as eager to fill her belly as Chu Hanlu. Looking at her, Li Yunhai continued to think about the benefits of people. In addition to the benefits brought by Xiucai, the tax is halved and you can become an official.

As for this nominal official, I'm afraid he needs to wait for positions such as teaching and training. He guessed that if he wanted to be a Jinshi, then at least he was also an external county master, and the advantage of Jinshi was that he was exempted from taxes and an upright official position. After all, only the seventh grade in ancient times could be called an official, unlike a section chief in modern society who could be called an official. As for Juhe and Jinshi, I'm just thinking about it at present. His top priority is how to bring himself back to the 21st century.