The shopkeeper sent Yang Yi out with a smile on his face. He had achieved his goal and was even prepared to change the name of the restaurant to Eagle Restaurant.
"Brother Yang, the rankings have been released. Shall we go and join in the fun?" Cai Dun shook his head and said.”
"Brother Cai, don't you already know the ranking? Why do you still want to go?" Yang Yi said speechlessly.”
At this time, there were still many people rushing to the examination hall. After all, there were so many people, and the bailiffs might not be able to register all of them. Perhaps he was the fish that slipped through the net?
Cai Dun smiled mysteriously, the flesh on his face trembled, and with a swoosh, he unfolded his fan and said,""Brother Yang may not know, but there are interesting things about the release of the rankings.”
"Oh?" Yang Yi asked curiously. What's the matter with the release of the rankings?"
"Brother Yang, have you ever heard of a son-in-law under the list?" Cai Dun chuckled.”
Yang Yi slapped his head and came to a realization. He had heard of this term when he was studying the culture of the Song Dynasty in his previous life.
" Picking up a son-in-law under the list " was a marriage culture in the Song Dynasty. On the day of the list, the families of wealthy gentry from all over the country would go out and compete to choose a scholar who had passed the examination to be their son-in-law. That scene was simply snatching, so it was called " picking up a son-in-law " in the streets.
The Song Dynasty's notes had a lot to do with catching a son-in-law under the list. This kind of "catching son-in-law", which was similar to monetary transactions, contained specific social and cultural implications. It indicated that the Song Dynasty's economy was rising, and the wealthy civilian class was eager to enter the upper class.
At that time, Yang Yi, who was studying for his master's degree, couldn't help but sigh at how awesome the Great Song was. There were too many wealthy businessmen. What if the brats at home couldn't get into the Imperial College?
It was alright!
Just go catch one and bring it back.
He had plenty of daughters anyway.
In other words, in this era, scholars were much more popular than those who had cars and houses.
At this time of the blind date, the mother-in-law wouldn't be asking for a house from you. She had to have a reputation.
Once the name was on the list, it would immediately become Xiang Beibei, becoming the rich son-in-law in the eyes of the mother-in-law. The matchmakers began to chase after him crazily.
Even the famous prime ministers of the wealthy families of the empire did not look at the children of the royal family and officials when they married their daughters. They chose all the outstanding intellectual young men who were scholars of the Donghua family.
During the Zhenzong and Renzong periods, the famous prime minister Wang Dan publicly announced that the daughters, granddaughters, and great-granddaughters of the Wang family would not be married according to family status. They would only marry educated people. All nine of his grandsons-in-law had passed the imperial examination (among them was Li Qingzhao's father, Li Gefei).
The most famous son-in-law under the list was none other than the "Two Zhang Sons Fighting for Son-in-Law" in the first year of Emperor Renzong of Song Dynasty.
He was the top scorer of a high school in Jiangxia, Hubei Province. He was a third-year student and had become the national idol. Feng had just received the admission notice when he met a dozen servants on his way home and forced them to take him to a huge mansion.
It turned out that the family was the relatives of Empress Dowager Zhang Xian and wanted to marry their daughter to Feng Zhuangyuan. They said that this was Empress Dowager Zhang Xian's intention and that she should not refuse.
When he came out of the Zhang Mansion and returned to the Feng Mansion, the one waiting for him at home was the current country's father. Zhang Guozhang had brought a large amount of dowry and also wanted to marry his daughter to him. Zhang Guozhang even personally tied the gold belt that the Emperor had given him around Feng Jing's waist, saying that this was the Emperor's own intention.
The fight between the two Zhang's son-in-law became the most attractive gossip news at that time. Later, the prime minister, Fu Bi, came forward to calm the matter. Fu Zhizai said,"Come on, your daughter is not worthy of Feng Zhuangyuan. My daughter is not bad."
In the end, Fu Bi married his eldest daughter to the top scholar who had passed the third rank. Later on, his wife died of illness. Fu Bi did not want the fertile water of the top scholar Feng to flow into the fields of outsiders, so he married his youngest daughter to the top scholar Feng. This gave the top scholar Feng the reputation of " marrying the prime minister's daughter twice and being the top scholar of the world three times ".
For the sake of a rich son-in-law, even the upper echelons did not care about their reputation. A large number of middle-and-small officials and the mothers-in-law of wealthy families did not have much to worry about. They hired matchmakers, asked about good or bad luck, and matched the eight characters. After going through the conventional procedures of ancient times, there was no chance. It was too slow to wait at other people's residences.
The mothers-in-law had the servants wait at the place where Donghua Sect would announce the results. When they saw the unmarried scholars, they would force themselves on them and take them home to discuss the marriage.
Because he was not professional, his mothers-in-law often made jokes. In the Song Dynasty, Fan Zhengmin's " An Itinerant View of the Escape from the Study " recorded a cold joke. There was a young and handsome scholar who went to look at the rankings. In the end, he was snatched away by a group of servants. He was dressed in purple and gold clothes and was warmly received. He was promised a dowry of ten thousand gold and asked a beautiful young lady to serve him tea.
The temptation of beauty and wealth would tempt any ordinary person. The student hesitated for a long time and said that he wanted to go home and discuss this matter with his wife before replying to him.
The mother and daughter fainted on the spot.
Yang Yi looked at Cai Dun, whose face was flushed red, and said with a smile,""Brother Cai, don't tell me you want to be captured by a ranking?”
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