Chapter 8 The Prince Who Failed to Revolt
The Great Zhou Dynasty was a fictional dynasty. She was recalling history. The Great Zhou Dynasty continued the etiquette and laws of the Song Dynasty. The only two differences were that the Great Zhou Dynasty had a very high military strength and there were female officials in the court.
The Zhou Dynasty continued the Song Dynasty's practice of only bowing but not kneeling.
This is all thanks to the Song Dynasty. It was generally believed that at a time when high-legged chairs were prevalent, continuing the traditional nine-bow ritual would have left the seated person high above, while the kneeling person prostrated themselves at the feet of the seated person. This was considered humiliating by the proud Song people, and was even more unacceptable than killing them.
So in the end the emperor and his ministers reached a consensus that the people of Song would only bow but not kneel.
In the Great Zhou Dynasty, let alone the three kneelings and nine kowtows, it simply did not exist in the Great Zhou Dynasty!
Even if a commoner met the emperor, he only needed to bow.
If someone has osteoporosis and kneels down before the emperor or a superior for no reason, he will immediately become a laughing stock of the world without even having to kowtow.
Kneel only before heaven and earth, before ghosts and gods,
There is another situation where one has to kneel, and that is when receiving an imperial edict. After all, the emperor is the son of God and he conveys the will of God.
In fact, it is nonsense. The imperial edict is expensive, and this expensive means it is expensive in the literal sense. There is no need for an imperial edict to issue a promotion or transfer order. Basically, imperial edicts rarely appear. When they do appear, there are two situations: one is to confer a title of king or marquis; the second is that the official has committed a crime, and the imperial edict is issued to exile or execute him.
In this way, the Yao family will not be exterminated for the Queen's matter, but will only be exiled.
Because the Great Zhou continued the three prohibitions of the founding emperor of the Great Song Dynasty
1. Do not kill scholars and officials or people who write letters to express their opinions
2. If any of his descendants transgress the rules, the censors and censors will record their names in the register and will never employ them again.
3. No punishment shall be imposed on scholars and officials
During the hundred years of the Great Zhou Dynasty, not a single family was exterminated.
Only by thinking about your own mission and ensuring that you have enough food and clothing can your country become prosperous and your people become strong.
The north has not been completely conquered yet, and the map is still small. It is impossible to fight in the front without food and clothing, which will chill the soldiers' hearts.
"County Lady, County Lady!" Captain Wang shouted.
Zhang Xiaojia stopped and turned to look at him.
"County Lady, the mountain ahead has collapsed. We need to enter the county town from the right..." Captain Wang didn't say the rest.
Zhang Xiaojia grew up in the palace and was surrounded by princesses. In order to get the title and fiefdom of a county lord, she had to have a good look.
"Tell me what is the relationship between the county in front and this county master?"
"Your home is ahead"
Zhang Xiaojia remembered that she also had a father, but this father seemed to have nothing to do with her. It was just that her father looked down on her mother and despised her mother for being uneducated and without talent, so he also looked down on her and despised her for being as uneducated as her mother, and for her extravagant life and lack of gentlemanly conduct.
Tsk~~ As if they don't have to spend money, they can wear coarse linen clothes! Why wear fine cloth and silk!
According to previous plots, we will definitely meet them.
She seems to have a biological brother, but he grew up with her grandmother and they have a bad relationship. He is too old-fashioned and looks down on her and her mother. He also has two half-sisters and half-brothers.
Zhang Xiaojia drove the cart towards the county town. After entering, she had to pass through the main road. She was thick-skinned and just walked straight ahead.
When she passed by Jinguilou, she saw the shopkeeper running up to her with a huge food box.
"My Lord, I have prepared what you like."
Zhang Xiaojia took the food box and said, "Prepare two jars of Puzhong wine and two jars of rose wine for me. Send ten jars of rose wine to the imperial mausoleum in ten days."
"yes."
The shopkeeper immediately asked the waiter to bring her the wine.
After Zhang Xiaojia put the wine away, she left. What is silver? This is His Majesty's property. When did she have to pay for it?
Looking at the people in front of her, Zhang Xiaojia's mouth twitched. She heard the sound of horse riding behind her. She turned her head and looked. The veins on her forehead were about to burst. Why was this guy here?
Zhang Xiaojia pretended not to see and walked forward.
"Big sister, Daddy wants you to go home." Zhang Jingqi said softly
Zhang Xiaojia sarcastically said, "I think Father should know that this county lady was punished by the Emperor to guard the imperial mausoleum. It's inconvenient, and she has to walk 25 kilometers every day. If there's anything, ask him to see this county lady. According to the rules of the Great Zhou Dynasty, I am the emperor and he is the minister. If there's anything to see, he should come to see this county lady. As a scholar-official, don't you understand this little bit of etiquette?"
Zhang Yuncheng looked at the scar on Zhang Xiaojia's face. Why was she injured? Didn't His Majesty say that he loved her like a daughter, and hadn't she received Prince Jing's promise of a lifetime of companionship? An injury like this would take at least two months to heal! I remember there's a scar-removing elixir at home. I'll go home and ask my grandmother for it.
When Zhang Yuncheng wanted to help Zhang Xiaojia push the cart,
Zhang Xiaojia pushed him away directly.
"No need for you, I can do it myself. I don't need your help. In fact, it would be better if we could meet without knowing each other."
Zhang Yuncheng looked at her with a frown, without saying a word. It had always been like this since he was a child. No matter what he said or did, it was wrong!
Zhang Xiaojia left them very quickly. It was hard to say whether they liked her or hated her. They didn't say a word about her. They were just strangers with blood ties.
Zhang Xiaojia couldn't help but look back at this girl, Zhou Panni, the eldest princess's youngest daughter, who was sixteen years old this year. The boldest thing she had done in her life was to marry her cousin He Fei and become a concubine.
After leaving the county town, there were still five kilometers to the post station. The road was sparsely populated. Zhou Panni said carelessly, "Why don't you divorce? As long as you divorce, His Majesty will let you into the harem and give you the title of Shufei among the four concubines. As long as you give birth to a prince or princess, he will give you the position of Chenfei. Why don't you divorce?"
Zhang Xiaojia felt that she really brought trouble upon herself. She shouldn't have spoken carelessly. She had done that in the court in order to overthrow the queen, and now the consequences had come.
Why do people in the capital think that the emperor will let her into the harem after her divorce?
Will she still be given the position of concubine?
Which emperor in history would allow his own brother's divorced wife to enter the harem? This is incest!
Even if my aunt is awake, no matter how much she loves her!
I won’t agree to it either.
Zhang Xiaojia said angrily, "What are you doing here?"
Zhou Panni blinked and said, "Seeing you, the most powerful daughter in the capital, toiling away pulling a cart and walking 25 kilometers every day, I'm laughing at you~! I'm here to tell you some gossip, do you want to hear it? The queen has been rounded up, and the ministers in the court are all calling for her to be deposed. And all the men of the Yao family didn't come to court yesterday and are surrounded by the imperial guards. Now, everyone in the capital is betting on whether the Yao family will be the first aristocratic family in the Great Zhou to be exterminated."
"Won't."
"Why? Ninety percent of people in the capital are saying that the emperor wants to destroy the Yao family."
"Because the Emperor is a wise and benevolent ruler, he will at most kill the Empress, and will never punish anyone involved."
Zhang Xiaojia retorted, "You have the leisure to laugh at me. Your mother, the Princess, is guarding the front lines, and your father, the Prince Consort, is supporting a mistress. Don't you care?"
"Who cares? He's already lost his fertility. He can keep as many prostitutes as he wants."
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