Ying Tianfu.
On this day, a big event happened in the house.
Changge Li married a daughter!
Although the Li family is a famous family in Yingtian Mansion, most of their family has moved to Ge, Zhangzhou, Xu since the three brothers Li Changling entered the officialdom one after another.
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 for girls from wealthy families. As long as they had some capital, the dowry would be generous.
These parents include, but are not limited to, fields, pavements, dressing tables, cloth beds, bedside cabinets, and a series of other things.
In fact, the trend of generous marriage does not mean that you are stupid.
The laws of the Song Dynasty clearly stipulated that a woman's dowry was the woman's private property, and no one else could seize the woman's 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.
Even the prime minister can't 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.
(Mr. Chai is the daughter-in-law of Xue Juzheng. Xue Ju was the prime minister of the Taizu Dynasty. She was able to marry Xue. Her identity is self-evident. She was 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 army Wei. However, Xue Weiji was married for the second time and his first wife died relatively early.
Although Xue Weiji's first wife died young, her first wife left him two sons.
Unfortunately, not long after Xue Weiji married the Chai family, he died unexpectedly.
When Xue Weiji died, Mr. Chai 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 relations in the family were 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 gossip that his stepmother was planning to remarry his 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 military operations in Shaanxi.
His mission at this time was to send the military envoys of the Rong army in Yiwei Town, Huanqing, Huanqing, and Yiwei Town, to judge Pizhou, and to order the Huanqing, Jingyuan, and Yongxing armies to garrison and be subject to their control. ——Approximately equivalent to the commander-in-chief of the 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.
It’s also a husband-in-law’s relationship.)
Xue Weiji's sons knew very well that once their stepmother really remarried, with Zhang Qixian's power, they could only 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 dare he make the decision easily.
Later, the matter came to the head of Zhenzong.
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 still be used in the future?
Most likely not.
Therefore, in the spirit of turning big things into trivial matters, Zhenzong ordered people to quietly summon Chai.
But Chai 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 sue the prime minister Xiang Minzhong. 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 matter 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 sales illegal?
Because Zhenzong had 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 dismissed 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 also exposed. It turned out that Chai's lawsuit against Xiang Minzhong was instigated by Zhang Qixian's son Zhang Zonghui.
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 deputy envoy of Huangzhou Tuanlian.
When Zhang Qixian saw that his younger brother had been demoted, of course he, the eldest brother, 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, it is all fake that the prime minister covets the widow’s property.
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 also 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.
