"Old Li, it's fine if you don't want to live and die with me, but why are you forcing yourself to swear an oath?”
Qin Chuan looked at Li Shiming who paused for a moment and teased him.
Li Shi Min's face turned red as he said,"How can I not want to live and die with you? Just now, just now, I was angry. If you don't believe me, let's come again and swear an oath!”
To establish the will of heaven and earth, to establish the fate of the people, to inherit the ultimate knowledge of the past saints, and to open up peace for all generations!
Everyone has to die, some are heavier than Mount Tai, some are lighter than a feather. If I can die for the people of China, I, Qin Chuan, will die in a worthy way!
In his thirty years of life, Li Shimin had never heard such a concise, majestic, thought-provoking, and incisive speech that showed the ambition of a man and the popularity of Confucianism!
Such a remote and simple sentence was not much different from the words of a Saint!
For a moment just now, he was truly moved by Qin Chuan's awe-inspiring righteousness and lofty sentiments. They appreciated each other and shared the same life and death!
He, Li Shi Min, had never been a coward!
He had been in the army since he was seventeen years old. He had fought in the south and north for more than ten years. He had experienced hundreds of battles. When had he not been the first to fight?
It was just that he had accidentally said something wrong just now and almost exposed his true identity.
Only then did he pause and reveal his imposing manner.
"Alright, alright. Even if you have this intention, I'm not willing!”
Seeing Li Shimin's embarrassment, Qin Chuan found it funny.
"You're not young anymore. You're in your thirties, right? I'm only fifteen years old and haven't married or had children yet. I don't want to die with you!”
Although he was mocking Li Shiming, Qin Chuan cherished Li Shiming even more.
The ancients valued faith over life and death. A gentleman's promise was worth thousands of gold!
For the other party to say such words, he must be a loyal and righteous person.
He thought that Li Shimin would refute him, but he was stunned and looked at himself in surprise." You're not married yet?”
"Otherwise! It's not like you didn't see it, my house doesn't even have a woman!”
Qin Chuan waved his hand in annoyance.
He knew why Li Shiming was surprised.
At his age, he would still be a child who had been forced to further his studies during the nine years of compulsory education in the future.
However, in this era, they were basically married.
In modern times, single dogs were at most fed dog food and nagged by their three aunts and five aunts during festivals.
They were all daily operations and would not rise to the level of law.
However, in ancient times, in consideration of population growth, single dogs had no way to survive.
In ancient times, did he not want to get married at the age of 20 or 30 and wanted to live a single life?
Hehe, go to jail!
Food and accommodation, free food and lodging!
That's right, since the Han Dynasty, it was illegal to be single in ancient times.
In the Han Dynasty, anyone who had a daughter who was over fifteen and under thirty years old and still unmarried would be fined six hundred coins.
In the Jin Dynasty, it was directly stipulated that if a woman did not marry at the age of seventeen, the government would assign her a husband.
In Nanbei Chao, if a woman was not married at fifteen, her family would be imprisoned.
In the Tang Dynasty, it was illegal for men over the age of twenty and women over the age of fifteen to remain unmarried.
In ancient times, population was the cornerstone of everything.
Labor, taxes, and soldiers all revolved around the population.
In order to increase the population, the rulers of the past dynasties had put in all their effort.
Otherwise, Li Shimin wouldn't have mobilized so many people to destroy Buddha.
Fifteen or sixteen was basically the best age for men to get married in the Tang Dynasty. If it was earlier, there were even those who got married at the age of twelve.
Qin Chuan remembered that Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin, married Empress Zhangsun at the age of 15. His son, Crown Prince Li Chengqian, married at the age of 17, while the King of Wei, Li Tai, married at the age of 12.
The reason why Qin Chuan had yet to get married was firstly because his cheap father had died early, and he had yet to get married.
After that, he was in mourning for three years. During this period, he was not allowed to get married.
However, Qin Chuan was happy to see the current situation.
Although he did as the romans did, he still did not like arranged marriages. He hoped to be able to fall in love freely and choose his own wife.
"What? What do you want!"
Qin Chuan felt his scalp tingle as he looked at Li Shi Min's eyes that were staring at him like he was looking at prey, and the smile on his face.
"Old Li, I treat you like a brother, but you want to be my father-in-law!”
“......”
Li Shi Min couldn't help but sigh.
This kid was very cunning. He saw through his thoughts at a glance.
Just now, he really wanted to find a suitable woman in the royal family to betroth this kid.
Facing Qin Chuan's glaring eyes, Li Shi Min didn't want to be outdone.
"Why are you staring at me? I didn't say that I would marry my daughter to you!”
Qin Chuan was amused by Li Shiming's reaction." Oh, Old Li, you really have a daughter?"”
Although he did not like arranged marriages, he felt that it was not bad to talk to a woman.
The Tang Dynasty wasn't like the Song Dynasty, which was bound by etiquette.
In the Tang Dynasty, the country was open, and the status of women was not ordinary.
Women could go out at will like men and participate in all kinds of social activities.
Moreover, the officials also recognized free love.
If a man and a woman did not obtain the consent of their parents and privately agreed to be married, the law would also approve of it.
It was illegal for parents to break up by force, and they would be sentenced to sixty strokes of the cane. If he found another marriage for his daughter, the sentence would be even heavier, a hundred strokes of the cane. If the two of them had already signed the marriage contract and then broke it off, they would be sentenced to one and a half years in prison!
He was only fifteen years old, and there were still four years before the red limit of marriage. It was not bad to find a girl and have a free love in ancient times.
Li Jun, this old man, was not bad looking either. He was a handsome old man, only slightly worse than him. Presumably, his daughter was not bad looking either.
This old fellow came from a good background. He was from Longxi's Li Clan, a prestigious clan.
The prime minister of the Tang Dynasty, Xue Yuanchao, had once mentioned the three greatest regrets of men in the Tang Dynasty:
First, he could not pass the examination of Jinshi, second, he did not marry the daughter of the five surnames, and third, he could not write the history of the country.
Marrying the daughter of a family with seven sects and five surnames was a very prestigious thing in the Tang Dynasty.
Qin Chuan grinned as he placed one hand on Li Shiming's shoulder and raised his wine glass with the other.
"Old Li, how many daughters do you have? How old are your daughters?”
"If she's the kind that can topple a country, even if it's eight or ten brothers, I won't reject them!”
"In this way, the two of us brothers will become even closer and become good friends. Isn't that a relationship that only appears once in a thousand years? Don't you think so, Old Li?”
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